Indian Summer | |
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Directed by | Nancy Meckler |
Screenplay by | Martin Sherman |
Produced by | Martin Pope |
Starring | Jason Flemyng Antony Sher Diane Parish Dorothy Tutin |
Cinematography | Chris Seager |
Edited by | Rodney Holland |
Music by | Peter Salem |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Indian Summer, also known as Alive & Kicking, is a 1996 British drama film directed by Nancy Meckler and starring Jason Flemyng, Antony Sher and Bill Nighy. The script was written by Martin Sherman, author of the play Bent . [2] The film was released in the UK as Indian Summer and in the United States as Alive & Kicking due to the recently released Indian Summer by Mike Binder in 1993.
The story follows a self-involved and very focused dancer, Tonio, who has just lost his lover, Ramon, to AIDS. He then refuses to let the fact that he is HIV positive disrupt his career as he rehearses a staging of Indian Summer, a gay-themed ballet about love and lust.
After Ramon's funeral, the dancer begins a troubled relationship with an older man, Jack, a therapist, who also has problems with controlling his own drinking.
The film's reviews were mixed. It holds a 83% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 6 reviews. [3]
Timeout's review states "gritty British realism, resolutely unglamorous and looking always rather TV-bound," but the script, "is cogent and witty". [4]
A DVD of the film was released in the UK on 6 September 2010. [5]
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