Summer 1993

Summer 1993 (2017)

Estiu 1993

A new family. A new world.

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.

Date of release
2017-03-24
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (238)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama
Director
Carla Simón

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Garrotxa
  • Awards: 3 · Nominations: 2. Including: Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language; Crystal Bear; Goya Award for Best New Director

Summer 1993 is a 2017 Catalan-language Spanish drama film directed and written by Carla Simón. The film premiered in the Generation section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the GWFF Best First Feature Award. The movie centers around a six-year-old girl named Frida who is sent to live with her aunt, uncle and cousin during the summer of 1993. It was chosen as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but in the end it was not nominated for an award.

Production

The companies that produced Summer 1993 were Inicia Films and Avalon. The film was produced by Valérie Delpierre and co-produced by María Zamora and Stefan Schmitz. Its executive producers were Delpierre and Zamora. Summer 1993 was written and directed by Carla Simón and edited by Ana Pfaff and Dídac Palou. The camerawork was done by Santiago Racaj. On opening night, the film made $21,307.

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