![]() ![]() There is, understandably, a world of difference between that before and after. How we get there, what it all means, what it feels like to revisit in retrospect: this is the emotive strand that pulls us forward through Ozon’s movie, to say nothing of these men’s lives. It’s a story which, to really dig out the minutiae of feeling, winds up splitting itself in half, before-and-after style, with the crucial pivot point being the grave-gallivanting promised by the title of the Chambers novel. ![]() It’s a gay teen romance out of France, equal parts sun-drenched coastal pas de deux between an unlikely pair of friends and despairing exploration of young loss, with all of it hinging on a promise between these men that’s proven to be miscomprehended. François Ozon’s Summer of ‘85 - which adapts the YA novel Dance on My Grave, by Aidan Chambers - is moving but contained affair, aflush with overwhelming feeling but also distant from that feeling, probing but not always revealing, sensuous and charismatic but not always easy to like. ![]()
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