Summer (2008)

December 5, 2008 (DE) • Drama • 83m

Overview

Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is friendship and Shaun's first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labeled as a violent bully he destroys himself and Daz with him. Shaun has twelve years to reflect on an intense summer of love, sex and loyalty. But Daz's imminent death forces Shaun to confront his past.

Director

Kenneth Glenaan

Writer

Hugh Ellis

Top Billed

Robert Carlyle

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Top Billed Cast

Robert Carlyle

Shaun

Steve Evets

Daz

Rachael Blake

Katy

Michael Socha

Daniel

Kate Dickie

Janice

Sean Kelly

Shaun as a teenager

Jo Doherty

Daz as a teenager

Joanna Tulej

Katy as a teenager

Matthew Workman

Shaun as a child

Christopher Russell

Daz as a child

Bethan Davies

Katy as a child

Julia Ford

Ann

Deborah Findlay

Doctor Price

George Costigan

Mr. Tanner

Seamus O'Neill

Mr Roberts (Headmaster)

Tim Dantay

Woody (Woodwork Teacher)

Sharon Bower

Mrs Biggs

Colin Tarrant

Mr Biggs

Lauren Socha

Tracey

Michaela Tozer

Zoe

Danny Lane

Len

John Oxborough

Gamekeeper past

Tim Farndon

Gamekeeper present

Emma Farndon

Solicitor's Receptionist

Liz Wilkinson

Norma

Walt Tyzack

Norma's Husband

Stuart Wolfenden

Customer

Brenda Whitmore

Neighbour

Richard Oldham

Man

Clare Kerrigan

Doctor

Richard Jackson

Boy 1

Crew

Kenneth Glenaan

Director

Camilla Bray

Producer

Hugh Ellis

Screenplay

Andrea Slater

Second Assistant Director

Nickie Sault

First Assistant Director

Dean Rogers

Still Photographer

Kirstin McMahon

Focus Puller

Petra Hengge

Co-Producer

Honest John

Driver

Tony Slater Ling

Director of Photography

Sean Adames

Stunts

Julie Dixon

Script Consultant

Doug Newton

Grip

Nigel Thomas

Executive Producer

Victoria Beattie

Casting

Rebecca O'Brien

Executive Producer

San Davey

Script Supervisor

Stephen McKeon

Original Music Composer

Richard Knight

Location Manager

Vicky Chapman

Assistant Location Manager

Elaine Mackenzie

Second Assistant Director

Paul Bouchier

Second Assistant Director

John Tannen

Stunts

Alexander Ris

Co-Producer

Louise Knight

Production Coordinator

Stephanie Elliott

Producer

Christopher Pavey

Floor Runner

Ami Rodrigues

Clapper Loader

Sarah Ryan

Costume Designer

Jane Levick

Production Designer

Edward Evennett

Second Assistant Director

Joe Walker

Floor Runner

Beth Hourston

Assistant Editor

Riky Ash

Stunt Coordinator

Orla O'Connor

Casting Director

Kristina Hetherington

Editor

Russell Noon

Producer

Steve Marles

Focus Puller

Meg Speirs

Makeup Designer

Tom Griffith

Sound Assistant

Matt Wells

Assistant Art Director

Richard Evans

Clapper Loader

Dave Sansom

Sound Recordist

Lizzie Dixon

Standby Property Master

Tony Lewis

Special Effects Coordinator

Michael Robins

Line Producer

Eimhear McMahon

Producer

Rachel Dargavel

Third Assistant Director

Kim Tunstall

Clapper Loader

Tony Wilcock

Gaffer

Andrew Ranner

Art Direction

Andy Hodgson

Floor Runner

Phil Smeeton

Construction Manager

Douglas MacDougall

Sound Designer

Daniel Goganian

ADR Editor

Anthony Hurst

Boom Operator

Meg Speirs

Hair Designer

Habib Rahman

Assistant Accountant

Kahl Henderson

Sound Effects Editor

Rick Griffiths

Grip

Stephen Craighill

Props

Alex Wyatt

Carpenter

Mandy Haywood

Costume Assistant

Chris Sinclair

Dialogue Editor

Sam Hawker

Camera Trainee

Robi Boeck

Electrician

Dean Spickley

Art Department Trainee

Matthias Bäumer

Best Boy Electrician

Rachel Selby

Costume Supervisor

Kahl Henderson

ADR Editor

Kahl Henderson

Dialogue Editor

Wendy Kemp Forbes

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Micheal MacKinnon

Foley Artist

Chris Sinclair

Sound Effects Editor

Daniel Goganian

Dialogue Editor

Darran Cummins

Sound Engineer

Chris Sinclair

ADR Editor

Julian Jennings

Carpenter

Daniel Goganian

Sound Effects Editor

Pat Mee

Production Accountant

Paul Watson

Boom Operator

Reviews

John Chard

⭐ 9/10

August 23, 2019

Summer is a stunner!

Every once in a while a fabulous British independent film slips under the radar and is criminally missed by a ream of cinema goers. Summer is one such film. It's directed by Kenneth Glenaan, written by Hugh Ellis and stars Robert Carlyle, Rachael Blake and Steve Evets.

Shaun (Robert Carlyle) and Daz (Steve Evets) were the rouge kids on the block, best friends forever, they were constantly getting into scrapes. Thoughts of education were the furthest thing from their minds. We find Shaun now in adulthood, and now caring for Daz who is crippled and suffering from terminal cirrhosis. From here the film is told through Shaun's eyes with flashbacks to better, vibrant times, in particular the one important summer where Shaun tries to come to terms with life, loves (Blake as the girlfriend Katy) and where fate stepped in to change things. It's through these flashbacks that we learn exactly why Shaun is so devoted to his dying pal.

Structured in the way it is, basically set in three time periods of the protagonists life, Summer involves the viewers to the maximum with the characters. So much so that even with the hanging sense of doom in the air, the nagging question of why is this bond so strong? makes for a fascinating, and emotionally potent experience. The material and its central themes could quite easily been given the sledgehammer treatment by Glenaan, but he directs it in such a subtle way, the final result is all the more emotionally involving. There's no soft soaping either, the plot is tough and realistic, these are real people reacting to real life issues. Something that is helped enormously by the first rate performances of Carlyle (one of his best ever performances) and Evets.

Complementing the acting is Tony Slater-Ling's beautiful photography, particularly in the flashback scenes to the boys youth. The warm glow of the sun, the ripple of the water, the green and pleasant land, each serve as painful reminders to Shaun of his lost youth. Nostalgia is not thought of warmly, it is by definition here, a yearning that gnaws away at his soul. Hugh Ellis' screenplay also deserves plaudits, this may not be the easiest of viewings, since this is after all about wasted life and impending death. But there is always hope in the offering, and coupled with the odd flecks of gallows humour, Ellis has found the right balance for the story. It's downbeat of course, and you may feel like you have been through the mangler come the end. But this really is excellent film making that tells a worthy and most endearing story. With Carlyle magnetic and real and Glenaan serving notice that he's a British director fit to sit alongside Meadows, Loach and Arnold. It's hoped that more people can find and let Summer into their lives. 9/10

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