Summer (2008)

Directed by

Kenneth Glenaan

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

15

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lively and wayward man confronts his own aging and mortality when his best friend becomes terminally ill. His first love reappears, forcing him to reckon with past choices and buried memories from his childhood.

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What happens

Summer is a 2008 film directed by Kenneth Glenaan and starring Robert Carlyle and Rachael Blake. It tells the story of a lively and wayward man coming to terms with the realities of age and death. Shaun (Carlyle) has to confront past demons as his first love re-appears and his best friend, Daz, is terminally ill. The film is set mainly in the present and includes reflections on his childhood in flashbacks. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 78% of 9 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Strong sensitive performances in this low-budget British drama illuminate this tough gritty picture." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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