What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.
If Summer of 85 hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Both films sit with all-consuming love, longing, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down and men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: melancholic, warm, slow burn, and dreamlike.
What ties these together is grief, all-consuming love, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, melancholic, warm, slow burn, and escalating.
Both films sit with longing, all-consuming love, and grief. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down. Same energy: melancholic, warm, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Both films sit with longing, figuring out who you are, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down and men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, melancholic, warm, slow burn, and dreamlike.
What ties these together is all-consuming love, longing, and grief. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, melancholic, warm, slow burn, and escalating.
Both films sit with all-consuming love, longing, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Like Summer of 85, this one is rooted in all-consuming love, grief, and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Both films sit with all-consuming love, grief, and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: melancholic, warm, slow burn, and escalating.
