In the Summers, the remarkable debut film from queer Colombian-American writer-director Alessandra Lacorazza, is set for its highly anticipated North American theatrical release starting Friday, September 20 by the hand of Music Box Films. The film will premiere at the IFC Center in New York City, the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles, and at Fine Arts Miramar and Fine Arts Popular in Puerto Rico, with additional cities to follow.
Winner of the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Directing Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival—a first for a Latina director—In the Summers is an intimate coming-of-age story that delves into the complex father-daughter relationships and generational divides within the Latinx community in the American Southwest.
The film stars Grammy-winning Puerto Rican rapper and activist René “Residente” Pérez Joglar in his cinematic debut as Vicente, the loving yet unpredictable father of Violeta (Lío Mehiel, Mutt) and Eva (Sasha Calle). The sisters, who live with their mother in California, travel to New Mexico each summer to visit Vicente. Set over the course of four of these formative summers, this moving drama follows Violeta and Eva from adolescence to adulthood as they come to understand and appreciate their father, recognizing that his flaws and limitations are inseparable from his passion and tenderness.
Over the years, their father’s lovers come and go, his drinking increases, and the search for a true sense of home remains elusive. Violeta and Eva seek refuge in each other as they forge their own paths, questioning their gender and sexuality, and illustrating the profound impact that our formative memories have on the rest of our lives.
In this powerful and deeply personal directorial debut, Alessandra Lacorazza offers a nuanced reflection on young people questioning their place within their families, communities, and their intersecting identities as women, trans youth, and second-generation immigrants. With Lacorazza’s skilled direction, impressive performances, and the beautiful cinematography of Alejandro Mejía, the film becomes a tender and poignant emotional capsule of growing up within a fragmented immigrant family.
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