Lucas Bond as “Frank” and Gemma Arterton as “Alice” in Jessica Swale’s Summerland. Photo by Michael Wharley. Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films Release
Summerland is a sweet drama set in the English countryside during WWII, about a reclusive, curmudgeonly writer who has her heart softened by a young refugee who has been sent to her Sussex village to escape the London Blitz. Gemma Arterton is delightful as the author but everything about writer/director Jessica Swale’s warm-hearted story is a bit too neat and perfect to be believable, much like the folk tales and myths about which the central character writes.
Playwright Jessica Swale makes her feature film debut with Summerland, which stars Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who also appeared in Swale’s Olivier Award-winning play “Nell Gwynn.”
Summerland opens in a picturesque cottage in the English Sussex coastal countryside, with a disheveled older Alice...
Summerland is a sweet drama set in the English countryside during WWII, about a reclusive, curmudgeonly writer who has her heart softened by a young refugee who has been sent to her Sussex village to escape the London Blitz. Gemma Arterton is delightful as the author but everything about writer/director Jessica Swale’s warm-hearted story is a bit too neat and perfect to be believable, much like the folk tales and myths about which the central character writes.
Playwright Jessica Swale makes her feature film debut with Summerland, which stars Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who also appeared in Swale’s Olivier Award-winning play “Nell Gwynn.”
Summerland opens in a picturesque cottage in the English Sussex coastal countryside, with a disheveled older Alice...
- 8/3/2020
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Hi-Pointe Theater, at 1005 McCausland Ave in St. Louis, is the best place to see movies. Gemma Arterton in Summerland opens there Friday July 31st.
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Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she’s to adopt a young London evacuee named Frank, she’s resistant. It’s not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Tom Courtenay star in this intensely emotional story of love’s endurance in trying times.
Summerland Feature Film Stills by Michael Wharley
Summerland stars Gemma Arterton (Vita And Virginia), Gugu Mbathta-Raw, Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and is directed by Jessica Swale...
Check out this romantic trailer:
Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she’s to adopt a young London evacuee named Frank, she’s resistant. It’s not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Tom Courtenay star in this intensely emotional story of love’s endurance in trying times.
Summerland Feature Film Stills by Michael Wharley
Summerland stars Gemma Arterton (Vita And Virginia), Gugu Mbathta-Raw, Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and is directed by Jessica Swale...
- 7/28/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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