Summer Lover

Original title: Sappho

20082008
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 28min

Avalon Barrie and Lyudmila Shiryaeva in Sappho (2008)

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Sappho, a newly wed American wife, with her husband on the Greek island Lesbos, goes through the pain of unrequited love to a young woman, very much like the namesake poet in ancient times.Sappho, a newly wed American wife, with her husband on the Greek island Lesbos, goes through the pain of unrequited love to a young woman, very much like the namesake poet in ancient times.Sappho, a newly wed American wife, with her husband on the Greek island Lesbos, goes through the pain of unrequited love to a young woman, very much like the namesake poet in ancient times.

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Sappho

Sappho

Summer Lover

Sappho (2008)

Bogdan Stupka

Director Robert Crombie with Avalon, Bogdan and Lyidmilla

Lyidmilla Shiryaeva (Helene) and Avalon Barrie (Sappho)

Todd Soley and Avalon Barrie as Phil and Sappho

Avalon Barrie

Avalon Barrie, Todd Soley, and Lyudmila Shiryaeva in Sappho (2008)

Avalon Barrie and Todd Soley in Sappho (2008)

Lyudmila Shiryaeva in Sappho (2008)

Lyudmila Shiryaeva in Sappho (2008)

Avalon Barrie in Sappho (2008)

Avalon Barrie and Lyudmila Shiryaeva in Sappho (2008)

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"And? What comes next?" "It's lost. We'll never know." "Perhaps we should decide for ourselves" Sappho is a provocative and passionate love story set in the 1920s. Millionaire's daughter Sappho Lovell arrives on the Greek island of Lesbos for her honeymoon with her artist husband Phil. There she meets Helene, the daughter of a Russian archaeologist, and she falls in love with her. As our three lovers live out a complex girl-boy-girl sexual triangle, Sappho also comes to believe that she is the reincarnation of the ancient poetess Sappho - that Sappho who first put the "lesbian" in Lesbos. However, our modern Sappho does realize how the ancient Sappho's legend ends... Inspired by the poems of Sappho —Robert Crombie

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Taglines
- Love is what is love
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide

Trivia
Although the main character is named Sappho, the movie is not based on the Greek poetess.

Quotes
Sappho: You can marry Helene. You can have her if you like.
Phil: I'm not a Turk. I can't have two wives. It's in the rules.
Sappho: Don't be so boring, Phil. There are no rules in this game. There's nothing we can imagine that's not allowed. What's love is love.
Phil: Well, what's loyalty is that too. Don't you care if I sleep with other women now?
Sappho: You can sleep with other boys too if you like.
[to Helene]
Sappho: Will you marry my husband?
Helene: Yes.
Sappho: Then it's perfect. It's all that simple. We can all be married to one another.

Soundtracks
Love Dance, Dance Of The Young Girls, And Dance Of The Men
(From the ballet 'Carnaval')
Composed by Mikis Theodorakis

Top review

4/10

a badly acted adaptation of a book that isn't credited

I'm disappointed that the page for the movie gives no credit to the book Garden of Eden by Hemingway. The movie is very heavily based on the storyline of that book, taking whole passages and conversations almost verbatim. It is not one of his more famous novels, but it still seems unlikely that even a foreign release could get away with not crediting such an influential author.

The movie itself is visually appealing and the production quality is pretty good. The acting is terrible though. Stiff and uninspired. I wouldn't have finished watching it had I not wanted to see if it ended the same way as the book. I do not recommend this movie overall.

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Release date
- March 5, 2008 (Ukraine)
Country of origin
- Ukraine
Language
- English
Also known as
- Сафо
Filming locations
- Crimea, Ukraine
Production companies
- Crombie Film
- Yalta-Film
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Budget
- $1,950,000 (estimated)
Gross worldwide
- $1,329,998

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Runtime
- 1h 28min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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