In the Summers | movie | 2024 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during | dG1fV0gtZnZJWkxnOEk

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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 My name is Alessandra Lacorassa,

00:06 and I'm the writer/director of "In the Summers."

00:08 Our film is playing as part of the US Dramatic Competition

00:11 at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

00:13 I made this film as a way to understand my father

00:17 and our fractured relationship,

00:19 and to see a different kind of queer and Latin representation.

00:23 My inspiration was my beautiful,

00:25 but often chaotic childhood.

00:27 The beauty, the joys, the pain

00:30 of being a child of an addict.

00:32 And the importance of having my sister

00:36 as an ally and a witness.

00:38 Like most family stories, "In the Summers" is about love.

00:44 A complicated love.

00:47 It follows Violeta and Eva

00:50 as they visit their father, Vicente, during summer vacation.

00:56 Through the years, they experience his beauty and fun

00:58 on a rollercoaster of adventures.

01:00 But as time progresses, his pain, addiction,

01:03 and mental health issues peek through the surface,

01:07 leaving them with deep wounds.

01:08 Thank you to the Sundance Film Festival for having us.

01:12 I'm very excited to share this film with the world.

01:15 (upbeat music)

01:19 (dramatic music)

01:22 (upbeat music)

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