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Summer 1993
2017 1h 36m Not Rated
Drama
,
Family
7.1
100%
83%
71%
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After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
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Directed By
Carla Simón
Written By
Carla Simón
Studio
Inicia Films
,
Avalon
,
Oscilloscope
Cast of Summer 1993
Laia Artigas
Frida
Paula Robles
Anna
Bruna Cusí
Marga
David Verdaguer
Esteve
Fermí Reixach
Avi
Montse Sanz
Lola
Isabel Rocatti
Àvia
Berta Pipó
Tieta Àngela
Etna Campillo
Irene
Paula Blanco
Cesca
Quimet Pla
Gabriel
Dolores Fortis
Carnissera
Tere Solà
Senyora Carnisseria
Josep Torrents
Doctor
Cristina Matas
Infermera
Noemí Piñana
Organizadora
Ricard Catalina
Matador
Jordi Figueras
Blai
Arnau Ferrer
Cosí
Summer 1993 Reviews
Arizona Republic
Barbara VanDenburgh
It's a film entirely lacking in pomp, but there's a certain bravado in its delicate reservation. A tender and spare meditation on family unfurls in the stillness of a sleepy, sun-soaked Spanish summer.
Boston Globe
Peter Keough
In this semi-autobiographical period piece, Simón achieves the rare feat of faithfully recreating the mysterious consciousness of a child.
San Diego Reader
Scott Marks
Not since Boyhood has a film shown this much respect and understanding for what it's like to be a child.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Essential to the film's success is the authenticity of the two young girls. Both are amazing naturals, most of the time behaving as if they are totally unaware that there is a camera present.
The Young Folks
Kristen Lopez
Artigas and Robles are utterly spellbinding for the entirety of Summer 1993's runtime. Their pure joy feels improvised, captured in the moment by Simón's camera.
AWFJ.org
Nell Minow
The intimacy of the story-telling here is deeply moving. Director Carla Simon created space for performances of truly extraordinary naturalism from everyone in the cast, especially the two young girls.
Chicago Reader
Leah Pickett
Refreshingly, Simón's take on the "summer that changed everything" movie is delicate and unsentimental, earning an emotional response simply by exploring how a child interprets loss from the child's perspective and at the child's pace.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
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.
NPR
Ella Taylor
The result is a kind of grief procedural, its focus sharpened by the lush greens of the Catalan landscape.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
Ultimately, this is a memorable look at our desire to love and feel safe, to connect and belong - and the unexpected ways in which families can reshape and grow.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Movingly understated and beautifully acted.
TheWrap
Robert Abele
Rather than adopt an excuse to turn this hardship material into easy sentiment, Simón treats this very personal matter with a focused, unhurried wisdom for the ways even a left-turn girlhood can still be a celebration of being young, alive, and open.
Village Voice
Kyle Turner
An extraordinary and beautiful work of grief and memory.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
Simón succeeds in creating a rich, vivid world from her own turbulent pre-adolescence, though the film does meander in a way that makes its deeply personal nature unmistakable.
Film Monthly
Matt Cipolla
Throughout the film's 96 minutes, Simón approaches the material from a perspective that is entirely from Frida's perspective, but her viewpoint remains equally retrospective.
AWFJ.org
Betsy Bozdech
Simon delivers a tender, empathetic film about the challenges of being a young child who's completely at the mercy of adults.
Variety
Jay Weissberg
Finding the right audience may be difficult, but this delicate sleeper is worth the effort.
Hollywood Reporter
Jonathan Holland
A thoughtful and moving family portrait.
Slant Magazine
Clayton Dillard
The film's screenplay is impressive for how crucial plot points emerge as backdrops to the explicit purpose of a scene.
Film Comment Magazine
Manu Yáñez
Summer 1993 stands out for its subtle, touching, but never sentimentalist approach to this exceedingly sensitive theme, the childhood apprehension of personal tragedy...
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