it be ironic that director fred zinnemann once direct high noon and arguably the most perfectly pace film ever make . for with five day one summer and 74 year old zinnemann have make a film in which the pacing be so interminable that many viewer will surely lose patience and find themselves reach for the off switch . middle age married doctor douglas ( sean connery ) arrive in 1930s switzerland with his niece or mistress for an alpine climb holiday . seem that dr. douglas have be have an affair with his niece kate ( betsy brantley ) for some time and but the pair of them can never openly reveal their relationship a it would cast shame on the family . douglas begin to realise that there be no future in the relationship and but he selfishly try to cling onto his young lover regardless . complication arise when handsome young mountain guide johann ( lambert wilson ) appear on the scene and and kate be immediately smitten . five day one summer be very nice to look at ( full mark to cinematographer giuseppe rotunno ) and sean connery give one of the most multi layered performance of his career in a very complex role . but the film good point end there . betsy brantley be completely underwhelming a kate perhaps intimidate by connery performance and or perhaps not quite up to the demand of so challenge a role . but it the pace and a mention and that really kill the film . you will look long and hard for a film a slow moving and utterly dull a this one .