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My Summer of Love

2005 · TMDB 6.1

Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski

In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother and helps her spy on her adulterous father. Bound together by their secrets, the two girls see their friendship deepen and enter into dangerous waters.

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Pawel Pawlikowski's Yorkshire-set drama captures the dizzying intensity of a teenage summer friendship. The golden fields and hazy light contrast with the emotional manipulation, making it a quietly devastating portrait of summer's fleeting, transformative power.

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