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Summer Beats

Summer Beats

Comedy · 2026

From the tower blocks of Paris to the countryside of the Drôme region, Shaï and Djeneba lead summer camp activities while grappling with growing up and growing apart.

Movie details

Summer Beats

2026 Comedy 1h 52m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

From the tower blocks of Paris to the countryside of the Drôme region, Shaï and Djeneba lead summer camp activities while grappling with growing up and growing apart.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Lise Akoka · Romane Gueret

Written by

Romane Gueret · Lise Akoka · Catherine Paillé

Fanta Kebe

Fanta Kebe

Djeneba

Shirel Nataf

Shirel Nataf

Shaï

Amel Bent

Amel Bent

Sabrina

Idir Azougli

Idir Azougli

Youssef

Yuming Hey

Yuming Hey

Naël

Suzanne de Baecque

Suzanne de Baecque

Bérangère

Zakaria-Tayeb Lazab

Zakaria-Tayeb Lazab

Ismaël

Court is in session

Put Summer Beats on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.