My Summer of Love

Nathalie Press - Mona
Emily Blunt - Tamsin
Paddy Considine - Phil

Polish-born director Paul Pavlikovsky’s My Summer of Love is based loosely on Helen Cross' novel and went on to win the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the 2005 BAFTA Awards.

The teenage rites-of-passage drama is an offbeat tale of lesbian lust and intense born-again Christianity set against the picturesque Yorkshire Dales landscape. Pavlikovsky’s garners remarkable performances from relative newcomers Nathalie Press and Emily Blunt, and the ever dependable Paddy Considine lends excellent support.

Sixteen-year-old Mona (Nathalie Press) lives in the local village pub her recently released from prison older brother Phil (Paddy Considine). Since release from prison, Phil has become a born-again Christian and turned the pub into an evangelist meeting place. Determined to banish evil from their quiet village, his plans include mounting a large cross on the hillside to overlook the valley.

With little to do in provincial Yorkshire but ride her engine-less Honda moped across the moors, Mona is instantly captivated during a chance meeting with Tamsin (Emily Blunt), the well-educated daughter of a wealthy local family. Both girls have had their share of family tragedy and immediately bond into an ever closer relationship. When rugged Phil gets wind of their clandestine affair he immediately heads to Tamsin’s manor house home to confront the pair, but Tamsin mockingly devises a scheme to test the strength of his faith using her manipulative prowess.