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- 2018
- Oscilloscope
- 1 h 37 m
- 2018
- Oscilloscope
- 1 h 37 m
Summary In the summer 1993, following the death of her parents, six years old Frida moves from Barcelona to the Catalan province to live with her aunt and uncle, who are now her new legal guardians. The country life is a challenge for Frida – time passes differently in her new home and the nature that surrounds her is mysterious and estranging. ...
Directed By: Carla Simón
Written By: Carla Simón
- 2018
- Oscilloscope
- 1 h 37 m
- 2018
- Oscilloscope
- 1 h 37 m
Summer 1993
7.0
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Summary In the summer 1993, following the death of her parents, six years old Frida moves from Barcelona to the Catalan province to live with her aunt and uncle, who are now her new legal guardians. The country life is a challenge for Frida – time passes differently in her new home and the nature that surrounds her is mysterious and estranging. ...
Directed By: Carla Simón
Written By: Carla Simón
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
81
100% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
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The film confronts directly the contradictory feelings and impulses of a child who must assimilate into a new family, but Simón foregoes the bells and whistles of many other family melodramas, crafting instead an extraordinary and beautiful work of grief and memory.
Ms. Simón, who has used both of her young performers to powerful effect, also wants us to know how resilient children can be. Some creatures are able to grow new limbs. Frida, given more than half a chance after demanding it, achieves something no less remarkable. She grows new joy and hope.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
21% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
13% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
21% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
13% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
A though but moving approach to the family loss. The cast is superb, but the two child actors are amazing
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Molt bona triada d'actors, un film espectacular sobre la pèrdua i la família.
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Summer of 1993 does what movies do so well (and yet so rarely do), which is to let viewers see the world through the eyes of another.
Anchored by a pair of extraordinary child performances and titled like something you’d scrawl fondly under a faded photograph in a well-thumbed album, Summer 1993 is a delicately brushed memory of confusion and joy, as if the movie itself can only smile awkwardly — and eventually, tearfully — as it looks back trying to make sense of it all.
Summer 1993 reveals itself to us as if it were a scrapbook of memories tumbling forth. Some are clearer than others, yet the movie retains a subjective, childlike point of view.
This is not a film for children, but the camerawork and the emotional undercurrents most often evoke the physical viewpoint, level of understanding and sensory processes of a child. We as adults must deduce the film’s most crucial pieces of information as they fly over Frida’s head.
Childhood memoirs always are under threat from self-indulgence and sentimentality, but 1993 successfully sidesteps both, establishing Simon as a talent to watch.
This film captures the grief of Frida. You feel part of the story as it is very realistic. The scenes and situations are very common, so you can identify with the characters.
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@ CIFF 42 a child's perspective of loss of her family and how she copes with a new family and little sister. Two wonderful child actors sell the film. A hint of danger
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One of the major advantages of having a theatre like The Classic Gateway Theatre is that you get to see most of the independent films and will come across a stunner now and then but that is not the case with “Summer 1993”. Based on the true story of the director and screenwriter of the movie Carla Simon we follow 6-year-old Frida (Laia Artigas), upon the death of her mother and father, sent to live with her mother’s brother Esteve (David Verdaguer), his wife Marga (Bruni Cusi) and their 3-year-old child Anna (Paula Robles).
We watch Frida as she adjusts, or doesn’t, to her new life and how her new family adjusts or doesn’t, to this addition into their home. Unable to understand or vocalize her pain Frida lashes out in awkward, sometimes dangerous and, other times, bewildering ways.
I missed an important factor in the movie which is primarily explained in the title and the last 2-3 minutes of the film which became obvious about a few incidents that take place in the movie. I don’t usually give spoilers in film reviews and I won’t here but I am more surprised that I didn’t catch on to this.
In spite of that disclosure, I didn’t find “Summer 1993” interesting enough to recommend it though Laia Artigas as Frida gives a natural performance and you can feel what she doesn’t seem to be able to express.
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Production Company
Avalon,
Fundación SGAE,
Inicia Films,
Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC),
Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO),
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA),
MEDIA Programme of the European Union,
Media,
Movistar+,
Producciones Cinematográficas Cima,
Radio Televisión Española (RTVE),
Sources 2,
Televisió de Catalunya (TV3)
Release Date May 25, 2018
Duration 1 h 37 m
Tagline A new family. A new world.
Website
http://kana-shimi.com/
Awards
Gaudí Awards
• 5 Wins & 14 Nominations
Goya Awards
• 3 Wins & 8 Nominations
Feroz Awards, ES
• 4 Wins & 7 Nominations
