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This Summer Feeling

This Summer Feeling

Representation Score

7.7/10

Good

2015

Not Rated

Director

Mikhaël Hers

Runtime

107 minutes

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This Summer Feeling is a contemplative drama that finds its strength in subverting traditional character archetypes. By centering emotional vulnerability and psychological depth, it avoids many common cinematic clichés regarding gender and grief. However, the film remains limited by a Eurocentric focus and a lack of visible racial diversity. The narrative's cosmopolitan settings do not necessarily translate into a diverse cast of protagonists. Ultimately, the film succeeds as a sophisticated study of the human condition, prioritizing internal emotional landscapes over broad social or political representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does This Summer Feeling have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film explores the fluidity of intimacy through the relationship between Lawrence and Sasha. This depiction moves away from traditional assumptions about relationships and focuses on unconventional ways of dealing with loss.

How does This Summer Feeling portray gender?

Good

Zoé provides significant emotional influence, disrupting traditional gender roles. Lawrence is presented through a lens of vulnerability and instability rather than traditional masculine stereotypes.

How racially and ethnically diverse is This Summer Feeling?

Fair

The narrative appears to focus on a predominantly Eurocentric cast across Berlin, Paris, and New York. There is no explicit evidence of significant racial blending in the central story.

How does This Summer Feeling represent religion and culture?

Good

The story prioritizes a secular, individualistic experience of grief over religious frameworks. It favors a modern, psychological approach to understanding life and existence.

Does This Summer Feeling include disability representation?

Fair

While no physical disabilities are central, the film offers a nuanced look at psychological trauma. It treats the fragility of grief as a complex, non-linear human experience.

Present on Screen

  • Subverts traditional gender hierarchies by emphasizing emotional influence.
  • Provides a nuanced, non-linear portrayal of psychological trauma and grief.
  • Challenges traditional romantic structures through fluid depictions of intimacy.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks significant racial and ethnic diversity within the central narrative.
  • Maintains a predominantly Eurocentric demographic profile.
  • Does not feature visible or diverse representations of physical disabilities.

Official Synopsis

In high summer, Sasha suddenly dies. Her death brings two virtual strangers, her boyfriend Lawrence and sister Zoé, closer together, sharing their grief and the burden of their loss in Berlin, Paris and New York.

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