A meditation sketch about summer. The warmth of film photographs, the aesthetics of the Japanese suburbs and childhood incidents that remain in memory and resonate in the heart many years later. This is how I saw Tetsuya Nakasama’s film Summer and People.
This is the story of a boy and his dysfunctional family. A licentious sister, only a nominally present father (in fact, he is just sitting by the window, and his mind is far, far away), and a mother immersed in soap operas, trying to cope with all this.
I especially liked the picture of children for seemingly unimportant schoolwork. Emotionally, with soul and humor, an episode was filmed with a mandatory turn on the bar, which everyone must perform, otherwise in "being them losers in life."
The film is filled with beautiful images and reflections. For example, why do people who are constantly bullied intimidate others when they get the opportunity?
Well, since the transitional age is close, it was not without fixation on the chest. The first line of the film is “I like big breasts.” But all this sounds and looks cute, childish, and sometimes very touching.
It is recommended to watch in the summer cinema or in the country, with a cold mint drink in hand or on a damp winter evening, in order to warm up with the rays of childhood.