I had heard about this movie being a great story, well acted and stuff, but it failed to hit the mark with me.
I was unconvinced either woman really was attracted to one another. The French woman in particular didn't look remotely interested. I realise she was trying to look as if she was suppressing a desire, but even when it finally came out, it wasn't believable.
And the dark girl was a poor actress. I've seen much better movies of this type.
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shareI agree with the original poster that this movie is unconvincing. The first time I watched it, it was alright, but the more I watched this movie, the more I disliked it. I know it's only a movie, but, hey, a movie, especially a drama, has to make sense.
From the time the two women meet in a laundrymat, the storyline goes downhill. What makes Petra think Camille will call Petra by switching the laundry and by slipping Petra's phone number in the laundry? What makes Petra think that Camille like women or her just by being nice to Camille in the laundrymat?
It gets more unconvincing after that.
The next scene shows Petra stalk Camille on Camille's campus, and then Camille gives in her lust/curiosity and kisses Petra. Jeez, I'm speechless.
Good that I only paid a dollar for this movie. There's this video store in my neighborhood that sells videotapes for a dollar each.
It's call suspending your disbelief. :)
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
I don't think the movie was meant to be realistic as such. After a screening of the film some years back, I remember Patricia refer to the film as a little fantasy.
shareI agree with you, I always wonder just what clicks for people when they considered themselves straight, but all of a sudden they want to try sex with with one of there own. Not criticizing, but was it more of curiosity then the women herself. My question is why try it know, when you never gave it thought before. They seemed to leave it as giving in to her desires, to me most people don't just become attracted to something if they have never wanted it. I was also wondering what she specifically wanted {a woman's touch, to kiss a woman, oral sex etc.] to try to satisfy her curiosity. This would go a lot farther in making her more believable. I think this is why her giving in seems less convincing that posters who understood exactly what happened. One last point, she realized she did not love her guy as much as she thought, should she had realized this before in bits and pieces other then all in one thought or event happening.
shareFor my part, I was convinced well enough. Camille lived and worked in a conservative Christian environment, so of course she displayed some reluctance in breaking all of her rules after meeting Petra. A main theme of the film was Camille's struggle in attaining freedom from those inhibitions, and learning to express her true feelings.
This is an artfully produced, bittersweet romance, which I always find a pleasure to see.
Maximus: Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?
Better movies of this type...for example? Which films do you recommend?
I liked the role clichés. Camille - the good girl - actually behaved impossible. Freaked out, when Petra - the bad girl - dared to confess her being attracted and made her look like an idiot in this situation, required from Petra to suppress her feelings and just be her friend - "we are not animals". Wanted her to climb out of the window, when the chaplain came - although "they were just buddies".
If the Petra-charakter wouldn't have taken the risk to make a fool of herself, nothing would have happened.
I loathed the film at first watch, rewatched it because a friend estimated it so high and saw more implications the second time. I found the director had some good messages, which finally changed some of my own thinking...
Ha I think in real life Petra would have given up when Camille said she taught at a Christian school.
I will agree that I had to suspend a lot of disbelief for this film but I still enjoyed it. A lot of things really didn't make sense in the film and I kept noticing plot holes and such, but I let them slide. It was some of the weird moments that I found out of place and strange though. I know it's an arthouse film but certain parts seemed like they'd fit better in a camp film than an arthouse one.
Oh come on nothing like the challange of a nice Christian teacher
Yes there may be a few plot holes and some campiness but at it's heart it is one of the sweetest films i have seen and it never fails to make me smile. Every now and then suspending disbeleif is good for you.
Mark
so this is it we are going to die
The script was rather corny, and the plot holes did have me scratching my head. It was all rather surreal and strange, and often, I believe unintentionally so. I also found some scenes funny which I do not believe the director intended for it to be funny (e.g.the Bob at the end, some of the unbelievable dialogue between Camile and Petra), which isn't really a good thing.
However, at the same time, the film was bursting with so much sensuality and charm.
Definitely not the most polished film I have seen, but I still enjoyed it.
It's a male-oriented lesbian porn disguised as a drama. The story and the tone of the narration seem to be the long foreplay before the girls munch on each other boxes. I've seen lesbian porns with better scripts.
"High Art" and "My summer of Love" are million times better than this soulless perversion.
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This wasn't remotely male-orientated. It was written by a bisexual woman for a lesbian audience. It's not made for a male audience and the sex scene wasn't porn. I didn't personally even find the sex scene sexy as it was meant to be more romantic than sexy. My Summer of Love is awful and has no soul.
I'd die for you. I love you. I love you so much it's killing me.
Well, the sex scenes weren't that sexy to me. I found them to be superficially romantic because of the unconvincing narrative building and the poor depiction of the main character (Camille). There weren't enough aspects of Camille's life and her personality to support the idea of her being able to, at least, be sexually attracted to, much less, falling in love with Petra who was basically a creepy stalker. We weren't given a peek into the history of her sexuality or her past that would indicate the possibility of her fascination toward women.
Moreover, before she met Petra, Camille was living a good life (with a good job and a good lover) without having any serious problem aside from not being able to fully express her liberal ideas. I think that this problem was not a strong enough reason to make her desperate and be involved with Petra. Also, there wasn't any sign of her being so pressed down by the problem that she needed to break loose by having a woman lover.
I get that the movie tried to make the main character's growing feeling toward Petra mysterious so that the romantic atmosphere of their love story could be enhanced. Unfortunately, I felt that the "I-am-not-a-lesbian-but-I-think-I'm-falling-in-love-with-you-and-oh-it-is-so-sweet-and-tender" vibe was thrown in my face in a very vulgar way. I just saw the movie as an escapist romantic lesbian love story.
My Summer of Love is awful and has no soul.
She wasn't living a good life, she was a lesbian stuck in the closet, engaged to a man she didn't love and in a job she felt stiffled in. The clearly showed she was unhappy before she even met Petra.
As for not showing why she loved Petra, I would completely disagree. She loved her because she helped the real her emerge.
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