Sympathy in Summer
1971 Australian film
- 14 March 1971 (1971-03-14)[1]
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Sympathy in Summer is a 1971 film directed by Antony I. Ginnane when he was a 19-year-old university student. It was partly financed by Melbourne University Film Society and was heavily financed by the films of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Alain Resnais.[2]
Premise
Lenny is a young womanising university student who is not as confident as he appears. He recalls his relationship with his girlfriend Anne and imagines Carlton as a Bohemian Paris.
Cast
- Connie Simmons as Anne Benton
- Vincent Griffith as Lenny Marshall
- Tony Horler as the other man
- Robin Wells as the perfect woman
- Pam McAlister as Candy
- John Caust
- Marlene Schulenberg
- Leon Boyle
Production
The film was shot in 1968 but not released until 1971 by which time Ginnane had established himself as a distributor. It only received a limited release.[2]
Legacy
The film is markedly different in genre from the movies Ginnane would later make when he became a producer.[3]
Footage from the movie appeared in the documentary Carlton + Godard = Cinema (2003).[4]
References
- ^ 'Obscure Oz Movie Question' Forum at Mess and Noise. Retrieved 20 September 2012
- ^ a b c Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 253-254
- ^ Anthony Ginnane profile at Australian Screen Online
- ^ Jake Wilson, 'Carlton + Godard = Cinema: An Interview with Nigel Buesst', Senses of Cinema, 23 July 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2012
External links
- Sympathy in Summer at IMDb
- Sympathy in Summer at Oz Movies
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