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The Summer of Sangailé (2015)

The Summer of Sangailé poster
Original title
Sangailės vasara
Directed by
Alante Kavaite
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Netherlands, France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 110 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A teenage girl spends a summer at her family's countryside home. She forms a close bond with a visiting friend and together they navigate their feelings for each other.

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What happens

The Summer of Sangailė (Lithuanian: Sangailės vasara) is a 2015 romantic teen drama film written and directed by Alantė Kavaitė. It was screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. The film won the directing award in the dramatic world cinema category at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. It also won Best Film, Best Actress (Julija Steponaitytė) and best set design (Ramunas Rastauskas) at the Silver Crane Awards. The film was selected as the Lithuanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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