Sympathy in Summer

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.[2]

Sympathy in Summer
Directed byAntony I. Ginnane
Produced byAntony I. Ginnane
Written byAntony I. Ginnane
StarringVincent Griffith
Connie Simmons
Tony Horler
Music byBill Hood
CinematographyNigel Buesst
Edited byElliot Nugent
Distributed byStudio Films
Release date
14 March 1971[1]
Running time
50 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$5,000[2]

Premise

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.

Cast
  • Connie Simmons as Anne Benton
  • Vincent Griffith as Lenny Marshall
  • Tony Horler as the other man
  • Robin Wells as the perfect woman
  • Pam McAlister as Candy
  • John Caust
  • Marlene Schulenberg
  • Leon Boyle

Production

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.[2]

Legacy

The film is markedly different in genre from the movies Ginnane would later make when he became a producer.[3]

Footage from the movie appeared in the documentary Carlton + Godard = Cinema (2003).[4]

References
  1. 'Obscure Oz Movie Question' Forum at Mess and Noise accessed 20 September 2012
  2. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 253-254
  3. Anthony Ginnane profile at Australian Screen Online
  4. Jake Wilson, 'Carlton + Godard = Cinema: An Interview with Nigel Buesst', Senses of Cinema, 23 July 2003 accessed 20 September 2012


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