Acclaimed director Pawel Pawlikowski's MY SUMMER OF LOVE is a dreamy, poetic ode to adolescent infatuation and the dangerous feelings it ignites. Mona (Natalie Press) lives upstairs from a pub in a small Yorkshire town with her brother Phil (Paddy Considine), an ex-convict turned religious freak. When she befriends the beautiful Tamsin (Emily Blunt), her formerly bland days are suddenly filled with purpose. Though they are from different social classes, Mona and Tamsin still make an immediate connection. The teenagers wander around the lush countryside and lounge in Tamsin's enormous mansion. Soon, they find that they share a deep attraction with one another, sparking a romance that is as unexpected as it is electrifying. Of course, Phil disapproves of Mona's actions, yet that isn't the only force that is conspiring to keep them apart. Pawlikowski's (LAST RESORT) adaptation of Helen Cross's novel is a gem of a film, an intimate drama that captures the burst of first love with remarkable clarity. Featuring assured performances from newcomers Press and Blunt, and gorgeous photography by Ryszard Lenczewski, MY SUMMER OF LOVE confirms Pawlikowski's status as one of world cinema's most engaging auteurs.
THEATRICAL RELEASE: JUNE 17, 2005 (LIMITED)
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English
Dolby Digital DTS 5.1 Surround Sound - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Pawel Pawlikowski - Director
Product Trailer:
1. MY SUMMER OF LOVE Soundtrack Spot
Executive Producer
Chris Auty: Producer
Executive Producer
David M. Thompson: BRITISH PRODUCER/BBC
Executive Producer
Emma Hayter: Executive Producer, MY SUMMER OF LOVE (2005)
Source Writer
Helen Cross: Author, MY SUMMER OF LOVE (2005)
Music Performer(s)
Goldfrapp: Rock Band
Review 1:
"[E]xceptional....A most provocative love story."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.E6 06/17/2005
Review 2:
"[A]ppropriately beguiling..."
Source: Uncut
p.137 07/01/2005
Review 3:
"[I]ntriguing..."
Source: USA Today
p.9E 06/17/2005
Review 4:
"Beautifully acted...and filled with astonishingly enacted and acutely observed instances of the kind of magic that happens when two people get lost in each other..."
Source: Premiere
p.46 07/01/2005
Review 5:
"An austerely heightened tale of sensual anxiety, MY SUMMER OF LOVE is shot in a gorgeous, saturated style..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.144 06/24/2005
Review 6:
"[Ms. Press] has some of the changeling quality that the young Sissy Spacek brought to BADLANDS and CARRIE."
Source: New York Times
p.E15 06/17/2005