Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice

2015 · 100 min · PL · 5.9 (22 votes)
Dir. Michał Rogalski · Starring Jonas Nay, Steffen Scheumann, Gerdy Zint, Filip Piotrowicz, Urszula Bogucka, Bartłomiej Topa
RomanceDramaWar

Romek is a Polish railway worker and Guido is a German soldier. They are both 17, in love with jazz and the same pretty girl. But it's 1943 somewhere in German-occupied Poland, and their lives are bound to change soon.

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A poignant, slow-burn drama set against the backdrop of war. It captures the tender bloom of young love amidst harsh realities, evoking a sense of fragile hope and inevitable heartbreak. The atmosphere is thick with unspoken emotions and the weight of history.

melancholictenseromanticsomberslow-burnperiod dramaarthousenaturalisticcoming-of-ageforbidden lovesurvivalwartime hardship
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