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Cinephile No. 577 "Summertime"

Right now, I want you to think about your husband, wife, or partner. Try as hard as you can to vividly picture them in your mind. Now, imagine that society didn't allow you two to be together. With that thought in mind, you are prepared for the gripping drama of "Summertime." The film focuses on two French women in the early 70's during the Women's Liberation Movement who fall in love. When one of the women is forced to move back home to her small village, the drama begins. Their secret love is tested in real ways. You, as an audience member, are left to wonder what it will take for these two to be together. Will love triumph or will the pressures of a normal life rule the day? For the answers to those questions, don't look to me. Rather, see this amazing film. 

Be good to each other, 

-Nathan