Summer 1993
2017 · Directed by Carla Simón
Original language: Catalan
- drama
The story
After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
What it’s like
Long, patient takes of a child's face in harsh summer sun and dappled shade, handheld close enough to catch every flicker of sulk and curiosity. Warm, sun-bleached Catalan countryside, dusty yards, cracked terracotta, the green of a garden hose and the blue of a kiddie pool, with natural light doing most of the work and little music beyond diegetic clatter and birdsong. The mood is quiet grief blended with childhood's sly, bright resilience: slow, observational, scenes allowed to run until the feeling settles. Intensity is low: no violence, no gore, and no sexual content, though the loss of a parent is present throughout and handled with restraint rather than melodrama, so the sadness arrives gently rather than as a shock. Suits an unhurried afternoon or a reflective evening alone, for viewers who want an emotionally honest, observational drama about a young girl's bereavement and the strange, uneven work of belonging to a new family, and who are comfortable sitting with sorrow that stays tender.
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