Summer Solstice

Name: Summer Solstice
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: June 14, 2024
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 85

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: June 14, 2024 | Not Rated

Summary: Trans man Leo’s (Bobbi Salvör Menuez) life is a jumble of auditions, acting classes, barista jobs, and situationships, all of which he hopes will amount to more. Unexpectedly, Leo’s college best friend, cisgender and straight Eleanor (Marianne Rendón), calls Leo announcing that she’ll be driving through NYC, and offers to pick him up for anTrans man Leo’s (Bobbi Salvör Menuez) life is a jumble of auditions, acting classes, barista jobs, and situationships, all of which he hopes will amount to more. Unexpectedly, Leo’s college best friend, cisgender and straight Eleanor (Marianne Rendón), calls Leo announcing that she’ll be driving through NYC, and offers to pick him up for an impromptu trip upstate. They embark on the weekend getaway, marking their first time spent together since Leo began transitioning. Reunited with new gender dynamics between them, and uncovering problems lurking behind Eleanor’s “well-meaning” façade, Leo and Eleanor navigate how their old feelings towards one another exist within this new context, forcing them both to confront buried secrets and emotions. … Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Robert Abele

Jun 25, 2024

Schamus’ sensitive and funny debut brings its anxieties and pleasures to full bloom so they can be properly considered and found suitably fleeting. Read full review

IndieWire Ryan Lattanzio

Jun 14, 2024

Menuez and Rendón share a terrific chemistry as long-holding-on friends questioning whether they should stay friends at all, and if they should, then why? Comedies like Summer Solstice rarely ask that question with such candor and insight, and with a trans lead actor and character the movie lets simply be themselves despite living in a world rigged against them. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

Jun 13, 2024

A triumph of sensitivity. Read full review

Collider Taylor Gates

Jun 14, 2024

This is the kind of film that has the power to change minds, hearts, and lives. Read full review

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