In the Summers

An exquisite film.

This is a lovely, tender, and pitch-perfect first film by a very talented new voice.

The result is a modest but sure collection of tangled memories, dramatized.

It reflects the ways in which those fleeting moments we spend with our families add up, however happily or unhappily, to the first draft of a personal history we’re then left as adults to parse and process.

It increases in power as it proceeds, as Violeta and Eva grow older and gain sharper understandings of their father’s flaws.

[Lacorazza Samudio] has a finely tuned radar for emotional nuance, and "In the Summers" is an honest film about forgiveness, growth and acceptance of one's limitations.

In the Summers is as miraculous as the hazy days of nothingness that amount to everything.

Lacorazza’s feature debut is a poignant, riveting autofiction story that shows and does not tell audiences how its flawed, human characters feel, and it is impossible not to let it emotionally affect you.

In the Summers is a poignant family drama playing out in an inspired, unusual manner.

In a tale that spans decades but remains at mostly the same locations, In the Summers‘ angst, regret, and longing radiate through its patient storytelling.