My Summer of Love

May 5, 2005

1h 27m

★ 6.2

The most dangerous thing to want is more.

Overview

In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother and helps her spy on her adulterous father. Bound together by their secrets, the two girls see their friendship deepen and enter into dangerous waters.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

BBC Film

The Film Consortium

Baker Street

Take Partnerships

Apocalypso Pictures

My Summer of Love Trailers

Cast

Mona

Natalie Press

Tamsin

Emily Blunt

Phil

Paddy Considine

Ricky

Dean Andrews

Ricky's Wife

Michelle Byrne

Tamsin's Father

Paul Antony-Barber

Tamsin's Mother

Lynette Edwards

Sadie

Kathryn Sumner

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