
At 40, Miriam radiates serene beauty and tranquility, a confidence and self-assurance as vast as the sea close to her summer home. There are no taboos in the polished, urbane life she shares with her partner André and their 15-year-old son Nils; there is understanding and tolerance. If Nils invites his 12-year-old girlfriend Livia to spend the holidays with them, fine. But when the brazenly sensual Livia begins flirting with an older man, Bill, Miriam feels it is her respons... (Full plot summary below)
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At 40, Miriam radiates serene beauty and tranquility, a confidence and self-assurance as vast as the sea close to her summer home. There are no taboos in the polished, urbane life she shares with her partner André and their 15-year-old son Nils; there is understanding and tolerance. If Nils invites his 12-year-old girlfriend Livia to spend the holidays with them, fine. But when the brazenly sensual Livia begins flirting with an older man, Bill, Miriam feels it is her responsibility to stop the questionable relationship. But as she does so, it is she herself who falls for the shy and charmingly insecure Bill. Miriam forges ahead, seducing him, seeing him secretly. But it is Livia that Bill loves, not Miriam. And suddenly the vast horizons of her life vanish in a fog of jealousy and rejection - emotions that prove to be far less controllable than she thought...
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| New York TimesMatt Zoller SeitzSummer '04 is so plainly the product of meticulous forethought that the shooting script might have been etched on marble slabs. |
| Village VoiceMichelle OrangeThe actors rise to the challenge of Nocke's tricky, high-flown script, and Krohmer meets them there. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAlthough intelligent and insightful, Summer '04 is also more than just a little bit dull. |
| european-films.netBoyd van HoeijIf Krohmer and Knocke meticulously crafted the world Miriam inhabits, it is Gedeck's presence that makes it such a tangible mess -- which is meant as high praise indeed. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerMore in the nature of audience eavesdropping on some scandalous neighbors than gripping or meaningful storytelling, the film is wracked with superficial, amoral characters and petty, hand wringing sordid emotional preoccupations and obsessions. |
| Film-Forward.comKent TurnerThis blunt and methodical chamber-piece thriller, filled with deceptively lazy afternoons, has the seductive and flinty heart of a Ruth Rendell novel. |
| Houston ChronicleAmy BiancolliAll I know is, I didn't buy it. It didn't scan. And I'm sorry it didn't, because Summer '04 offers much to admire and a few things to fear. |
| User ReviewRiley HSommer '04 handles prickly subject matter with the lightness of a summer breeze. |
| User Reviewkara kThis movie is utterly compelling, with a distant, somewhat sterile approach to its intimate story. Huge kudos to the quintet of principals... really outstanding performances on display here! |
| User ReviewCarissa Zlots of rich characterization...the irony of the mature/immature role swappage in the film just sweetens the pot! |