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A Summer Story (1988)

A Summer Story poster
Directed by
Piers Haggard
Genre
romance film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
15
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1902, a young gentleman from the city falls in love with a village girl during a countryside visit. Eighteen years later, he returns to the same area and remembers the affair.

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What happens

A Summer Story is a 1988 British drama film directed by Piers Haggard and written by Penelope Mortimer, based on John Galsworthy’s 1916 short story "The Apple Tree". Starring James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs and Susannah York, the plot takes place in 1902 and 1920, wherein a young gentleman visiting a rural area had an intense love affair with a village girl. Eighteen years later, he is passing that way again. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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