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Summer 1993
Directed by
Carla Simón
Not Rated
2018
1h 38m
Drama
,
Family
7.1
100%
83%
7.0
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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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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
Carla Simón
Director / Writer
Summer 1993 Ratings & Reviews
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.
Gay City News
Steve Erickson
The four actors did extended improvisations as a family before the film shoot began and the chemistry they developed shows; they have a convincing intimacy together.
San Diego CityBeat
Glenn Heath Jr.
In the most generous of ways, Simón's sun-kissed drama respects a child's complex emotional experience without compromising its poetic simplicity.
Critic's Notebook
Sarah Manvel
Children's natural affinity for pretending, their trusting nature and an unquestioning ability to accept their circumstances make them naturals in front of the camera. First-time director Carla Simón Pipó has made something amazing here.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Variety
Jay Weissberg
Finding the right audience may be difficult, but this delicate sleeper is worth the effort.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jonathan Holland
A thoughtful and moving family portrait.
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