A Real Summer

A Real Summer

2007 · 45 min · ★ 4.0 · Drama

It is 1958, and the final debutante 'season'. Mary, a brilliant young writer and critic is befriended by Geraldine, a seemingly friendly young debutante of a similar age but a very different background. What starts as a friendship becomes something altogether more unsettling. This companion drama to Capturing Mary, charts Mary’s progress before she enters the dangerous world of Mr. Graham’s house and Greville White’s sphere of influence.

Directed by Stephen Poliakoff · Written by Stephen Poliakoff

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Ruth Wilson Mary Gilbert / Geraldine

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