My Summer of Love
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| Directed by | Pawel Pawlikowski |
| Produced by | Chris Collins Tanya Seghatchian |
| Screenplay by | Pawel Pawlikowski Michael Wynne |
| Based on |
My Summer of Love by Helen Cross |
| Starring |
Natalie Press Emily Blunt Paddy Considine |
| Music by |
Alison Goldfrapp Will Gregory |
| Cinematography | Ryszard Lenczewski |
| Edited by | David Charap |
| Distributed by | ContentFilm (U.K.) Focus Features (U.S.) |
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86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1 million |
| Box office | £5 million |
My Summer of Love is a 2004 British drama film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and co-written by Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne. Based on the novel of the same name by Helen Cross, the film explores the lesbian relationship between two young women from different classes and backgrounds. Working class Mona (Natalie Press), whose once-hotheaded brother Phil (Paddy Considine) became a born-again Christian in prison, meets upper middle class Tamsin (Emily Blunt, in her theatrical film debut) who suffers from a lack of love in her family. Filmed in West Yorkshire, the film went on to win a BAFTA.
On a sunny summer day in Yorkshire Tamsin meets Mona. The former travels on horseback and chances upon Mona, who is resting in the grass. The two girls come from completely opposing background; Tamsin is from an upper-middle-class family and has recently been suspended from boarding school for being a bad influence; drinking alcohol. Mona, on the other hand, comes from a dysfunctional family, and her brother, Phil, who has recently been released from prison, is the only remaining member of her family. Both of the girls seem to regard their lives as mundane. The new acquaintances head home together, one on horseback and the other on an engineless scooter.
When Mona arrives home, she finds her brother in their mother's former pub, pouring all of the alcohol into the sink. He has undergone an extreme religious transformation during his stint in prison and regards his activity as part of his preparation for a rally for born-again Christian converts, much to Mona's annoyance. That night, Mona meets her lover, Ricky. They have sex in his car, after which he breaks up with her. Mona angrily turns down Ricky's offer to drive her home. The next day, Mona arrives at Tamsin's in order to escape from the rally organised by her brother. The girls begin to bond as they spend the day drinking and smoking while talking about the problems they face in their lives. Their sharing brings to light several of Tamsin's family secrets, such as the fact that Tamsin's sister, Sadie, died as a result of anorexia nervosa.
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