Keswick Film Festival

Synopsis

6 year-old Frida is taken to live with her aunt and uncle after her parents have died. She befriends their 3 year-old daughter, but the summer is not as idyllic as it might seem...

"In its subtlety, richness and warmth it is entirely beguiling – complex and simple at the same time. It is also very moving. 'Summer 1993' is about childhood and a child's fraught relationship to the adult world, and has some of the most miraculous child performances I can remember seeing recently, although the concept of 'performances' and 'acting' are meaningless with children this young: two little girls of six and three years old...What a lovely film it is" - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian.