My Summer of Love (2004)

In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together.

Director:

Pawel Pawlikowski

Writers:

Helen Cross (novel), Pawel Pawlikowski

Stars:

Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine

9 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Natalie Press	...	Mona
Emily Blunt	...	Tamsin
Paddy Considine	...	Phil
Dean Andrews	...	Ricky
Michelle Byrne	...	Ricky's Wife
Paul Antony-Barber	...	Tamsin's Father
Lynette Edwards	...	Tamsin's Mother
Kathryn Sumner	...	Sadie

Storyline

A tale of obsession and deception, and the struggle for love and faith in a world where both seem impossible. The film charts the emotional and physical hothouse effects that bloom one summer for two young women: Mona, behind a spiky exterior, hides an untapped intelligence and a yearning for something beyond the emptiness of her daily life; Tamsin is well-educated, spoiled and cynical. Complete opposites, each is wary of the other's differences when they first meet, but this coolness soon melts into mutual fascination, amusement and attraction. Adding volatility is Mona's older brother Phil, who has renounced his criminal past for religious fervor - which he tries to impose upon his sister. Mona, however, is experiencing her own rapture. "We must never be parted," Tamsin intones to Mona but can Mona completely trust her?

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian relationship | female frontal nudity | lesbian kiss | lesbian | voyeurism | 

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Taglines:

The most dangerous thing to want is more.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, language and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [UK] Official site [United States]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 July 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mi verano de amor

Filming Locations:

West Yorkshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£1,700,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$90,022, 19 June 2005, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$992,238, 7 August 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apocalypso Pictures, The Film Consortium, BBC Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Roger Ebert gave the film 3/4 stars describing it as "a movie that is about being an age, then coming out of age."

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Quotes

Tamsin: What's he making?
Mona: A cross. He's putting it up at the top of the hill to cleanse the valley of evil.

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Connections

Featured in 2006 Glitter Awards (2006)

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Soundtracks

Oh Oh Antonio
Written by Dan Lipton and C.W. Murphy
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd

User Reviews

Very sincere movie, with high artistic achievements

My Summer of Love is a brave, sincere film, which gives us, cinema-lovers, the hope that cinema is not dead and is not only a money-making entertainment machine whatever the cost. It looks hard into life of today, but this look is not to frighten, to scare, to scandalize - I'd call it poetic realism, in the best traditions of cinema, when its great masters were not afraid to experiment, but only strive for true presentation of their idea and of their characters. It is also a film about love, because it is done with so much love for people who follow their heart, and who value their openness and freedom of expressing themselves. Highly artistic work of it's author Pavel Pavlikovski, and also of actress Natalie Press, whom I was happy to see at the Sofia Film Fest, at the Bulgarian premiere of the film on 11 March 05.