Amazing performance by Isabelle Adjani
One Deadly Summer has to be one of Isabelle Adjani's greatest performances, in a career filled with them. She shines as the beautiful but disturbed avenger who sets the small town ablaze with lust and speculation. It's a great role because she gets to be obnoxious, slutty, vulnerable, mysterious, and all the while cooking up her elaborate revenge scheme. Adjani plays it with her typical raw intensity and power.
I would highly recommend anyone who loved Isabelle's great work in films like The Story of Adele H, Possession or Camille Claudel to check out this lesser-known gem, or vice versa.