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Summerland (movie)

2020 movie Available on Apple TV, Netflix, SBS on Demand, Sundance Now Drama, war

Plot points:

British film

Author

Fostering a child during war

Opening up to emotional connection

Being ostracized from a community

Dealing with grief

Dealing with a breakup and lost love

Reconnection

Young adult and elderly couples

Set in World War II (1940s)

Timeline spans the 1920s to the 1970s

Set in Kent, England

Impact of war and personal loss

Dealing with death of a parent

Conversations about feminine presentation in society

Conversations of homosexual attraction

Relationship conflicts

Finding joy in difficult circumstances

Interracial sapphic couple (main)

Black sapphic characters:

Vera (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) *elderly Vera (Martina Laird)

Connections:

Vera x Alice (interracial sapphic: black x white)

Sex & Nudity - Very Mild

Non-explicit nudity in a bath scene

Violence & Gore - Mild

Tense scenes set in a bomb shelter

Taunting by kids; character ends up with a grazed and bloody knee

Profanity - Very Mild

Character sarcastically claims to be a Nazi

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking - Very Mild

Character smokes cigarettes

Character drinks in a tense moment

Frightening & Intense Scenes - Mild

Taunting by kids; character ends up with a grazed and bloody knee

Character falls into the sea and flails in the water

Verbal arguments

Yelling

Aftermath of a bombing shown (house caught on fire)

Characters in a bomb shelter while a bombing is occurring

Off-screen death of a parent