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SUMMER LOVE THEATRICAL RELEASE DATES
Portland
Clinton Street Theater
March 7-13, 2008
www.clintonsttheater.com

Chicago
Facets Cinematheque
February 22-28, 2008
www.facets.org

Los Angeles
Laemmle's Grade 4-Plex Theatre
February 8-14, 2008
www.laemmle.com

Seattle
Grand Illusion Cinema
February 8-14, 2008
www.grandillusioncinema.org



Distributed by: Cinema Epoch
www.cinemaepoch.com

CURRENT

“EXPANDING THE FRAME” FILM SERIES
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
January 12–February 24, 2008
www.walkerart.org

“POLISH NEW WAVE CINEMA: THE HISTORY OF A PHENOMENA THAT NEVER EXISTED” FILM SERIES
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
January 24–27, 2008
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org

2007

“POLISH NEW WAVE” FILM SERIES
Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
November 2-8, 2007
www.csw.art.pl/kino_lab

SUMMER LOVE. THE FIRST POLISH WESTERN BY PIOTR UKLANSKI
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
October 17–December 9, 2007
www.whitney.org

37th KYIV INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MOLODIST, KIEV, UKRAINE
October 20–October 28
www.molodist.com

42nd MEZINÁRODNÍ FILMOVÝ FESTIVAL KARLOVY VARY, KARLOVY VARY, CZECH REPUBLIC
Cinema Gallery Section
June 29–July 7
www.kviff.com

29th MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
World of Cinema Section
June 21–30
www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/eng

7th GO EAST FILM FESTIVAL, WIESBADEN, GERMANY
Signature Section
March 28–April 3
www.filmfestival-goeast.de

2006

8th MEZINÁRODNÍ FILMOVÝ FESTIVAL BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
Made in Europe Section
December 1–9
www.iffbratislava.sk

17th STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Twilight Zone Section
November 17–27
www.stockholmfestival.se

30th MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA S�O PAULO, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
New Directors Section
October 20–November 2
www.mostra.org

22nd WARSZAWSKI MIEDZYNARODOWY FESTIWAL FILMOWY, WARSAW, POLAND
October 6–15
www.2006.filmfest.pl

12th ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Panorama Section
September 20–October 1
www.aiff.gr

GDYNIA 2006, XXXI FESTIWAL POLSKICH FILMÓW FABULARNYCH, GDYNIA, POLAND
September 11–15
www.fpff.pl

63rd MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE D'ARTE CINEMATOGRAFICA DI VENEZIA
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Midnight screening, Official selection, Out of Competition
August 30–September 9
www.labiennale.org

ENGLISH
2007_Spike.pdf
2007-11_Vogue_men.pdf
2007-10_New York Times.pdf
2007-10-16_Village Voice.pdf
2006_Piktogram _ No.4.pdf
2006-09-06_The Hollywood Reporter.pdf
2000_Siksi _ No.2.pdf
2000_Made In USA.pdf
2000-08_Dazed and Confused.pdf
2000-07-08_Material.pdf

ITALIAN
2006-10_Vernissage.pdf
2006-09-06_La Stampa.pdf
2006-09-06_Il Messaggero.pdf
2006-09-06_Il Mattino.pdf
2006-09-06_Il Giornale.pdf
2006-09-06_Corriere della Sera.pdf
2006-09-02_Riformista.pdf

POLISH
2007-11-02_OBIEG_SL.pdf
2007-01-03_Obieg.pdf
2006_Piktogram _ No.4.pdf
2006_Ha!Art.pdf
2006-11_Film.pdf
2006-10_Machina.pdf
2006-09-08_Dziennik.pdf
2006-09-06_Rzeczpospolita.pdf
2006-09-06_Gazeta Wyborcza.pdf
2006-08-31_Przekroj.pdf
2006-08-11_Gazeta Wyborcza Opole.pdf
2006-01_Film.pdf
2006-01-07-08_Rzeczpospolita.pdf
2005-12-09_Gazeta Wyborcza.pdf
2005-11-22_Nowy Dzien.pdf
2005-10-29-30_Rzeczpospolita.pdf

An allegorical Western, Summer Love literally begins with a bang. With the audience still sitting in darkness, a shot rings out. A man appears on-screen… dressed in black… bleeding… dying. It is THE STRANGER (Karel Roden), a harbinger of death, a nameless catalyst foreshadowing events to come.

As the film unfolds the characters are introduced not by name, but by what they represent. THE WOMAN (Katarzyna Figura) is a fading beauty who can’t quite conceal the scars of her past. THE SHERIFF (Boguslaw Linda) is an alcoholic, lovelorn shell of a man who is literally mutilating himself over losing The Woman. THE BIG MAN (Krzytof Zaleski) is a fat, jealous cohort of The Sheriff who lusts after The Woman.

One day, The Stranger comes to town on horseback with THE WANTED MAN (Val Kilmer) who he retrieved at the site of a massacre in the film’s opening scenes. The Stranger has come to collect the bounty money. He winds up getting roped into playing The Sheriff’s sadistic gambling game and loses The Wanted Man to the gloating Sheriff. Fed up this self-destructive ploy, The Woman storms out of the saloon. Later that night, The Woman in a state of desperation seduces The Stranger. All hell breaks loose after their night of passion. A posse is formed under the Sheriff’s inept leadership and an epic manhunt ensues.

Told in a highly visual style, Summer Love recounts a tale of love, pain, redemption and death. On a surface the story is as old as time: Man looses Woman...Woman wants a new life…Stranger comes to town. Summer Love relies less on dialogue than upon on fast paced, meticulously composed images. They lead the audience into the hearts and minds of the characters creating the visual tableaux that tell their stories.

MAIN CAST

boguslaw linda
THE SHERIFF
Boguslaw Linda is regarded as one of the most popular and respected leading men in Polish cinema. He has collaborated with highly regarded directors such as Krzysztof Kieslowski, Andrzej Wajda and Andrzej Zulawski. Linda has starred in over seventy feature films, including most recently Quo Vadis? (2001). His many Polish, Hungarian and Swedish language film projects include Przypadek, Psy, Reich, Sezon na Leszcza, Pan Tadeusz, Operacja Samum, Je treba zabít Sekala, Demony wojny wedlug Goi and Zloto dezerterów.

karel roden
THE STRANGER
Karel Roden, a Czech actor, is an art house star in his home country as well as a seasoned actor within the Hollywood film industry. His Hollywood films include The Bourne Supremacy, 15 Minutes with Robert DeNiro, Running Scared, Dead Fish, Bulletproof Monk among others. He has worked twice with cult action director Guillermo Del Toro on Blade II, and Hellboy. His most acclaimed Czech films credits include Bathory, Vaterland – Lovecky denik and Sklapni a zastrel me

katarzyna figura
THE WOMAN
Katarzyna Figura, an irrefutable star of stage and screen in Poland, was dubbed the Polish Marilyn Monroe following her breakthrough role in Pociag do Hollywood in 1987. She appeared in Roman Polanski’s Oscar winning World War II film, The Pianist, Robert Altman’s Pret-a-Porter as well as Ruggero Deodato’s Italian slasher, The Washing Machine. Her Polish filmography includes Zurek, Zemsta, Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy and Ga, Ga - Chwala bohaterom.

val kilmer
THE WANTED MAN
Val Kilmer is a Hollywood icon and box office draw whose filmography includes leading roles in Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone and Batman Returns. His most recent films include the critically acclaimed Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and Oliver Stone’s Alexander Kilmer has said, "I'd be in a bad western on a good horse any day of the week. It's such a fantastic genre of film."

CREW

DIRECTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER
Piotr Uklanski, an accomplished visual artist, was born in 1968 in Warsaw, Poland. He has exhibited his work in numerous museums throughout the world; Museum of Modern Art in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris, La Biennale di Venezia and Sao Paolo Biennale among others. He lives and works in New York and in Warsaw. This is his first feature film.

PRODUCER
Staffan Ahrenberg is a Swedish born producer whose credits include the award winning film The Quiet American, Johnny Mnemonic, Love in Paris, Total Eclipse, Jersey Girl and Zandalee.

PRODUCER
Hamish Skeggs is a New Zealand born producer whose recent projects include The Last Drop, Spivs and Lighthouse Hill. He worked as a line producer on The Baby Juice Express and Aime Ton Père.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Jacek Petrycki is an accomplished cinematographer who has collaborated with famed Polish auteur directors such as Agnieszka Holland and Krzysztof Kieslowski. His credits include Julie Walking Home, Shot in the Heart, Europa Europa, Bez Konca and Amator.

EDITOR
Mike Horton was awarded an Academy Award for Best Editor for his work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers in 2002. His other Editor credits include Once Were Warriors, UTU and Zandalee among many features.

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