Summer

Sunday 15th February 6:00 PM - Alhambra
Summer
Director:Kenneth Glenaan
Cert:15 Year: 2008 Length:83mins
Country:UK Language:summer
Robert Carlyle, in what some say is his best performance since Trainspotting, stars as Shaun, caring for his dying alcoholic friend. Through three time-scales – childhood, adolescent and the present in their 30’s – we see the roots both of their friendship and of the fissures that have brought them to this.

Critics

“Glenaan's spare film, set on a council estate in Bolsover, shows how dreams are cruelly extinguished, yet little bits of surreal magic illuminate this tough film with glimmers of hope.”

James Christopher, The Times

Score

77.13%

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