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Dark Summer (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Charles Teton
Bernd Lubke

Written By:
Steve Cheers
Bernie Deasy

Actors:
Steve Ako ..... Abraham Wilson
Joeline Garnier-Joel ..... Jess Shepherd
Chris Darwin ..... Alan Shepherd
Sylvia Amoo ..... Mother
Wayne Ako ..... Brother
Marlene Amoo ..... Sister
Bernie Deasy ..... Amateur Coach
Tom Williamson ..... Doctor in Hospital
Marie Higham ..... Receptionist
Francis Dell ..... Clinic Administrator
Neil Antony ..... Bar Manager at 051
David Rooney ..... Pro Manager (as Dave Rooney)
Jimmy Fitz ..... Pro Trainer
Dave Murray ..... 2nd Trainer
Louis Cuddy ..... Boxer
Alex Moon ..... Boxer
Adam Ryan ..... Boxer
Michael Thompson ..... Boxer
Bradley Gonzales ..... Boxer
Jamie Naylor ..... Boxer
Tommy Singleton ..... Boxer
James Lally ..... Boxer
Carl Pennington ..... Boxer
Thomas Smith ..... Boxer
Sean William ..... Boxer
Paul Billington ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Paul Thomas Billington ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
John Chanall ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
John Bernard Fitzgerald ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Terry F. Kavanagh ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
John McLoughlin ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Mark D. Roberts ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
John Bucknall ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Bernard Cullen ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
T. Max Graham ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
John Lloyd ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Dermott Mulholland ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
D. Thompson ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
A. Capbell ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Billy Darwin ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Paul Hallmark ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Carl McCabe ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Joe Naylor ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs
Paddy Walmsley ..... Timekeeper / Seconds / Refs

Synopsis:

Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lossed innocence of the two young protagonists Jes and Abe. The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass.

Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lost innocents of the two young protagonists Jes (Joeline Garner Joel) and Abe (Steve Ako). The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Instigated by Jes, They meet and fall in love when she starts work one summer at her fathers scrap metal yard, where Abe works as a mechanic. At night Abe fastidiously trains to better himself as an amateur boxer. After warnings from her over protective father Alan (Chris Darwin) to stay away from Abe, circumstances quickly change when he catches Jess and Abe together. With Abe sacked from his job, Jess decides to rebel against her father and moves in with Abe. She immediately finds work in a local nightclub, while Abe unsuccessfully continues to search for a new job. Everything starts to look brighter when Abe is approached by a professional boxing manager and at the same time Jess becomes pregnant. It seems like nothing can stop their happiness together. Jes leaves her job and starts obsessively to prepare for the forth coming birth of their child. The symbol of this being Abe's training room which is maternally transformed into the babies nursery. Suddenly all their dreams are shattered when Jes unexpectedly miscarriages. Knocked sideways with grief they find themselves unable to communicate. The Film continues to study the slow breakdown of their relationship and desires to it's final conclusion. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass. Visually evocative and filmed in Cinemascope, with an original reggae soundtrack by Augustus Pablo, the film evokes the memories of a summer gone by, rather like a moving photograph album.

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