Widely hailed by critics as one of the best films of 2009, Summer Hours is the great contemporary French filmmaker Olivier Assayas's most personal film to date.

Three siblings, played by Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, and Jérémie Renier, must decide what to do with the country estate and objects they've inherited from their mother. From this simple story, Assayas creates a nuanced, exquisitely made drama about the material of globalized modern living. Naturalistic and unsentimental yet suffused with genuine warmth, this is that rare film that pays respect to family by treating it with honesty.

Summer Hours will be released on US DVD and Blu-ray by Criterion on 20th April 2010 at the SRP of $39.95 each. Featuring a new, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Olivier Assayas and cinematographer Eric Gautier, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition, and the following extra features on both discs:

• New video interview with Assayas;
• A short documentary featuring interviews with Assayas and actors Charles Berling and Juliette Binoche, and showing the cast and crew on set;
• Inventory, an hour-long documentary by Olivier Gonard, shot partly in Paris's Musée d'Orsay, that examines the film's approach to art;
• Theatrical trailer;
• New and improved English subtitle translation;
  
• A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones.