Summer Lover (2008)

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.

Director:

Robert Crombie

Writer:

Robert Crombie

Stars:

Avalon Barrie, Todd Soley, Lyudmila Shiryaeva

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview:
Avalon Barrie	...	Sappho Lovell
Todd Soley	...	Phil Lovell
Lyudmila Shiryaeva	...	Helene Orlov
Bogdan Stupka	...	Professor Orlov
Elissaios Vlachos	...	Dionisios
Vassilis Psychogiopoulos	...	Barber
Oksana Osipova	...	Maria
Sergey Kosenko	...	Christos
Anatoliy Semenov	...	Tattoo-Artist
Bakhtiyar Aliev	...	Island Resident
Seit-Khalil Ametov	...	Island Resident
Vasily Andrus	...	Island Resident
Diana Asonova	...	Island Resident

Storyline

"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

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Plot Keywords:

phallus | lesbian cunnilingus | female pubic hair | shaved labia | character name as title | 

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Taglines:

Love is what is love

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Quotes

Helene: Have you come to say goodbye?
Sappho: Goodbye?
Helene: Aren't you going home? To America?
Sappho: I am home. This is Lesbos... and I am a lesbian. I've always known who I am. This is my home.
Helene: It's so boring here. You are welcome to it.
Sappho: It's like always a never. The sea breaking against the rocks. The one always wanting. It's the hardest thing loving someone who doesn't love you.
Helene: I'm sorry. It's not my fault.
Sappho: Come and be my girl. To feel your face and hear your footsteps, I'd give the world.
Helene: I am a woman now. I have made love ...

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Soundtracks

1st and 3rd movements
(From Symphony No. 3)
Composed by Mikis Theodorakis

User Reviews

Great chick flick

My girlfriend more or less dragged me to this movie in St. Petersburg, Russia. I was determined to hate it, and I ended up liking it. She'd give it 10 stars, I know, but since this is really a chick flick for girls who are still asking "who am I?", and I'm a guy who already knows who he is, I'll give it eight stars. For the visuals and the music I'd give it ten stars, and the script contains some great lines too, and the actors are all good-looking eye candy - it's just a pity that sometimes it feels that some emotion wasn't felt, just imitated.

All in all, the movie's like a holiday from reality - beautiful landscapes, wonderful costumes, and 2 actresses who look as good with nothing on as with something on, superb music, and a strange story that drags you in and puts you in a trance. It was a real ugly shock to come out of the cinema back to a gray and rainy city again.

Details

Country:

Ukraine

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 2008 (Ukraine)

Also Known As:

Summer Lover

Filming Locations:

Crimea, Ukraine

Box Office

Budget:

$1,950,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,329,998

Company Credits

Production Co:

Crombie Film, Yalta-Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1