The Greengage Summer is a 1961 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More and Susannah York . It was based on the novel, Greengage Summer, by Rumer Godden. Set in Épernay, in the Champagne region of France, it is the story of the transition of a teenage girl into womanhood. More later named it as his favourite film, stating, "She [Susannah York] was just twenty-one and an adorable creatureit was one of the happiest films on which I have ever worked." Joss Grey , a 16-year old English girl, finds herself responsible for the care of her three younger siblings... on a summer vacation in France when their mother is suddenly taken ill and rushed to the hospital. When they go to the Hotel Oeillets, proprietress Mademoiselle Zisi does not want the responsibility of unchaperoned children, but her enigmatic English lover Eliot persuades her to accept them. As the days pass, she wishes she had stuck to her original answer; she is increasingly jealous of the attention Eliot pays to the children—especially to Joss.
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| Release date: | April 4, 1961 |
| Directed by: | Lewis Gilbert |
| Runtime: | 99 Minutes |
| Music by: | Richard Addinsell |
| Cinematography: | Freddie Young |
| Screenplay by: | Rumer Godden, Howard Koch |
| Adapted from: | The Greengage Summer |