Summer 1993

‪2018‬

‪1 h 39 min‬

‪Spanish audio‬

‪Unrated‬

‪81‬

‪100%‬

Shaken by her mother's death and confused by sudden transfer to her uncle's care, 6-year-old orphan Frida is unable to open up to her new family. Relatives begin to wonder who it is they've welcomed into their home.

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Summer 1993

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In Carla Simon’s touching autobiographical film, six-year-old Frida looks on in silence as the last objects from her recently deceased mother’s apartment in Barcelona are placed in boxes. Although her aunt, uncle, and younger cousin Anna welcome her with open arms, it’s only very slowly that Frida begins to get used to her new home in the countryside. Punctuated by moments of youthful exuberance and mature ruminations, this coming of age drama, set amongst summery hues, is an extraordinarily moving snapshot of being a child in an adult world, anchored by flawless performances by its two young stars.

Cast and crew

Additional information

Directors

Carla Simón

Studio

Oscilloscope Laboratories

Subtitles

English

Released year

2018

Duration

1 h 39 min

Genres

Drama
Foreign/Independent

Size

5.53 GB (1080p HD)
2.86 GB (720p HD)
1.53 GB (SD)

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Tomatometer®

100 %

80 critic reviews

Audience

83 %

541 user reviews

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Chicago Reader

9/25/2018 by Leah Pickett

Refreshingly, Simón's take on the "summer that changed everything" movie is delicate and unsentimental, earning an emotional response simply by exploring how a child interprets loss from the child's perspective and at the child's pace.

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San Diego Reader

6/22/2018 by Scott Marks

Not since Boyhood has a film shown this much respect and understanding for what it's like to be a child.

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

6/21/2018 by Colin Covert

The immersive "Summer 1993" is almost free of plot but rich with a scrapbook's worth of childhood memories.

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Arizona Republic

6/14/2018 by Barbara VanDenburgh

It's a film entirely lacking in pomp, but there's a certain bravado in its delicate reservation. A tender and spare meditation on family unfurls in the stillness of a sleepy, sun-soaked Spanish summer.

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Boston Globe

6/6/2018 by Peter Keough

In this semi-autobiographical period piece, Simón achieves the rare feat of faithfully recreating the mysterious consciousness of a child.

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Wall Street Journal

5/25/2018 by Joe Morgenstern

Some creatures are able to grow new limbs. Frida, given more than half a chance after demanding it, achieves something no less remarkable. She grows new joy and hope.

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NPR

5/24/2018 by Ella Taylor

The result is a kind of grief procedural, its focus sharpened by the lush greens of the Catalan landscape.

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Los Angeles Times

5/24/2018 by Gary Goldstein

Ultimately, this is a memorable look at our desire to love and feel safe, to connect and belong - and the unexpected ways in which families can reshape and grow.

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New York Times

5/24/2018 by Jeannette Catsoulis

Movingly understated and beautifully acted.

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TheWrap

5/23/2018 by Robert Abele

Rather than adopt an excuse to turn this hardship material into easy sentiment, Simón treats this very personal matter with a focused, unhurried wisdom for the ways even a left-turn girlhood can still be a celebration of being young, alive, and open.

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Village Voice

5/23/2018 by Kyle Turner

An extraordinary and beautiful work of grief and memory.

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AV Club

5/22/2018 by Mike D'Angelo

Simón succeeds in creating a rich, vivid world from her own turbulent pre-adolescence, though the film does meander in a way that makes its deeply personal nature unmistakable.

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Variety

2/22/2017 by Jay Weissberg

Finding the right audience may be difficult, but this delicate sleeper is worth the effort.
Hollywood Reporter

2/12/2017 by Jonathan Holland

A thoughtful and moving family portrait.
AwardsCircuit.com

10/30/2018 by Christopher James

Here, we get a nuanced and heartbreaking picture of a child displaced to her Aunt and Uncle. However, the film needs to have more insights to sustain itself.

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FanboyNation.com

10/29/2018 by Sean Mulvihill

Summer 1993 is a quiet, tender character study focused on its young protagonist, her youthful existence in a state of flux following the death of her mother.

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The Victoria Advocate

10/12/2018 by Joe Friar

In one form or another, we can all relate to some childhood experience shared by the film's two young protagonists. An ingenious portrait of family, heartbreak, and belonging.

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The Lonely Film Critic

10/12/2018 by Tomas Trussow

Simón's loving replication of the past is anchored in a bevy of lush greens and warm tans, with the sounds of domestic and outdoor life coming through with a keen vitality.

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Gay City News

9/5/2018 by Steve Erickson

The four actors did extended improvisations as a family before the film shoot began and the chemistry they developed shows; they have a convincing intimacy together.

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La Nación (Costa Rica)

8/27/2018 by William Venegas

[Summer 1993] avoids simplification and develops its complexity from the internal labyrinth that Frida lives in. [Full review in Spanish]

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