Sympathy in Summer | |
Director: | Antony I. Ginnane |
Producer: | Antony I. Ginnane |
Starring: | Vincent Griffith Connie Simmons Tony Horler |
Music: | Bill Hood |
Cinematography: | Nigel Buesst |
Editing: | Elliot Nugent |
Distributor: | Studio Films |
Runtime: | 50 minutes |
Country: | Australia |
Language: | English |
Budget: | A$5,000[1] |
Sympathy in Summer is a 1971 film directed by Antony I. Ginnane when he was a 19-year-old university student. It was partly financed by Melbourne University Film Society and was heavily financed by the films of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Alain Resnais.[1]
Lenny is a young womanising university student who is not as confident as he appears. He recalls his relationship with his girlfriend Anne and imagines Carlton as a Bohemian Paris.
The film was shot in 1968 but not released until 1971 by which time Ginnane had established himself as a distributor. It only received a limited release.[1]
The film is markedly different in genre from the movies Ginnane would later make when he became a producer.[2]
Footage from the movie appeared in the documentary Carlton + Godard = Cinema (2003).[3]