As “In the Summers” begins, Vicente is anxious. Told in four chapters over the span of a little less than 20 years, Colombian American writer-director Alessandra Lacorazza’s gorgeous feature debut may call to mind other singular indies such as “Moonlight” and “Aftersun” in its structure and themes, but this deceptively modest autobiographical drama is so precise and insightful that it …
If you soaked up to the world of Charlotte Wells' Aftersun which released in 2022, about a young father and his teenage daughter's Turkish summer holiday, there are high chances that you would want to sit with a film like In The Summers. Divided into four chapters, In The Summers revolves around two sisters Violeta and Eva, and their complicated …
“In the Summers,” an affecting, years-spanning drama about a complicated parent-children relationship, nabbed the Grand Jury prize at the 40th Sundance Film Festival, while the top honor for documentary went to “Porcelain War,” about a Ukrainian couple who craft fragile, intricately painted ceramics while war rages around them. The Festival Award, voted on by Sundance audiences, went to “Daughters,” Natalie …
