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A young American couple and a French woman engage in a threesome in the Greek Islands.A young American couple and a French woman engage in a threesome in the Greek Islands.A young American couple and a French woman engage in a threesome in the Greek Islands.
Valérie Quennessen
- Lina
- (as Valerie Quennessen)
- …
Vladimiros Kyriakidis
- Yorghos
- (as Vladimiros Kiriakos)
Rika Dialyna
- Monica
- (as Rika Dialina)
Andreas Filippides
- Andreas
- (as Andreas Filippidis)
Henri Béhar
- Movie Director
- (as Henri Behar)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaValérie Quennessen played a working archaeologist. The production secured an unprecedented permission to film at an actual dig at Akrotiri, on the Mediterranean island of Santorini (Thera), believed by some to be the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis. Instructed by a real archaeologist, Quennessen set to work before the cameras in an area of the site selected for light and production values. Quennessen had hardly started when, much to the joy of everyone, she uncovered several pieces of 3500-year-old pottery. They were turned in and added to the scientific collection.
- GoofsWhen Cathy and Michael arrive at the villa, Cathy has a band-aid on her left arm between the elbow and the outer edge of her arm. This is seen when Michael knees her in the butt. When Cathy picks up the shower head and pretends it is a telephone the band-aid is missing. But when she walks outside with Michael, the band-aid reappears.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'Summer Lovers' (1982)
- SoundtracksSummer Lovers
Written by Danny Sembello, David Batteau and Michael Sembello
Performed by Michael Sembello
Produced by George Duke
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This movie is so much MORE than just 'T & A'!! A subtle classic
How can you NOT love a movie that actually has a clip from a 3 Stooges short?
But seriously, this movie has a way of getting under the skin of many who view it. Like "Bagdad Cafe", and "Summer of '42" this movie has a certain 'magic' to it that stays with you for a very long time afterward. It's not due to any one element, but rather, the synergy created between the beautiful cinematography of the lush Greek scenery, the chemistry between the drop-dead gorgeous cast (all at their absolute peak of sexual/physical ripeness), a dynamic, inspiring soundtrack, and a subtle, well-crafted plot (if you can actually call it that...it is more of a skeletal framework...a backdrop against which to explore the issues at hand) It is a more mature examination, a graduate course, if you will, of the sexual revolution. It is a victory celebration of polyamorous relationships. It's the other side of the coin of 'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'. It is "The Harrod Experiment" coming-of-age. (To those of you who were 15 when you saw "Summer Lovers", I doubt you've heard of The Harrod Experiment. The casualness with which nudity is handled in this flick only contributes to the overall beauty of it. (I doubt the movie would have had nearly the same effect if the principals were Roseanne & Oprah, with Pauley Shore playing the male lead...) Funny thing, when it came out, prurient minds dismissed it as the quintessential sleazy male fantasy. There was just one problem with this knee-jerk review...Females liked it as much (if not more) than male viewers!!! This movie has confounded the critics since its debut...and still does so as it continues to win fans 22 years after its release. It is one of the few truly realistic depictions of an 'alternate lifestyle', handled with exquisitely good taste with just the right amount of restraint. Even the editing is exemplary. Truly a classic bit of film-making.
Warning: View it at your own risk. As I stated, the 'message' of this movie is insidious, and can cause one to re-examine some long-held social conventions. Subsequent viewings only enhance this effect. 5 years before "Dirty Dancing", there was Summer Lovers.
The sole tragic note to this movie is that Valerie Quennessen died only 7 years after its release.
But seriously, this movie has a way of getting under the skin of many who view it. Like "Bagdad Cafe", and "Summer of '42" this movie has a certain 'magic' to it that stays with you for a very long time afterward. It's not due to any one element, but rather, the synergy created between the beautiful cinematography of the lush Greek scenery, the chemistry between the drop-dead gorgeous cast (all at their absolute peak of sexual/physical ripeness), a dynamic, inspiring soundtrack, and a subtle, well-crafted plot (if you can actually call it that...it is more of a skeletal framework...a backdrop against which to explore the issues at hand) It is a more mature examination, a graduate course, if you will, of the sexual revolution. It is a victory celebration of polyamorous relationships. It's the other side of the coin of 'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'. It is "The Harrod Experiment" coming-of-age. (To those of you who were 15 when you saw "Summer Lovers", I doubt you've heard of The Harrod Experiment. The casualness with which nudity is handled in this flick only contributes to the overall beauty of it. (I doubt the movie would have had nearly the same effect if the principals were Roseanne & Oprah, with Pauley Shore playing the male lead...) Funny thing, when it came out, prurient minds dismissed it as the quintessential sleazy male fantasy. There was just one problem with this knee-jerk review...Females liked it as much (if not more) than male viewers!!! This movie has confounded the critics since its debut...and still does so as it continues to win fans 22 years after its release. It is one of the few truly realistic depictions of an 'alternate lifestyle', handled with exquisitely good taste with just the right amount of restraint. Even the editing is exemplary. Truly a classic bit of film-making.
Warning: View it at your own risk. As I stated, the 'message' of this movie is insidious, and can cause one to re-examine some long-held social conventions. Subsequent viewings only enhance this effect. 5 years before "Dirty Dancing", there was Summer Lovers.
The sole tragic note to this movie is that Valerie Quennessen died only 7 years after its release.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,968,000
- Gross worldwide
- $4,968,000
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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