Siblings Violeta and Eva live in California with their mother, but every summer they travel to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to spend time with their loving but unpredictable father, Vicente (René “Residente” Pérez Joglar). Over the course of four formative summers that span adolescence to early adulthood, Violeta and Eva learn to appreciate their father as a person, his flaws and limitations inseparable from his passion and tenderness. Lovers come and go, the backyard goes to seed, but the idea of home remains knotty and elusive. This powerful and deeply personal directorial debut from Alessandra Lacorazza offers a nuanced study of young people questioning their place within their families, their communities, and their identities.
UPDATE, SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 2025: Due to inclement weather, all screenings beginning after 5:25 PM have been cancelled!
In the Summers
Monday, Mar 3
7:00Showtimes updated on Tuesday evenings
This series is presented with generous support from:
In the Summers
Followed by a Q&A with Director Alessandra Lacorazza
Tickets: $11 (members), $16 (nonmembers)
"It is a testament to this deeply moving film that Lacorazza has laid bare her own complicated feelings about her father while acknowledging that, as shown in a silently shattering final scene, sometimes words fail."
SPECIAL EVENTS
Q&A with Director Alessandra Lacorazza
Monday, Mar. 3 2025, 7:00
- Alessandra Lacorazza (she/they) is a queer Colombian-American writer-director and editor based in Brooklyn. Their work deals with personal and cultural memory, and incorporates themes of alienation, resilience and moral gray areas. Her debut feature In the Summers won the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where Alessandra also took home the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award. In the Summers also won the Miami Film Festival Jordan Ressler First Feature Award, the Deauville International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, and the Fondation Louis Roeder Revelation Prize, the Athens International Film Festival—Best Director award, and was nominated for the Gotham and Indie Spirit Awards. Alessandra was a 2020 screenwriting fellow with WGA-East and FilmNation. Her work has been supported by NYFA and FOFIF. Alessandra is a worker-owner of the Meerkat Media Coop based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where they direct, produce, and edit artful videos for foundations, news magazines, publishers, and non-profits. They are currently working on their next feature script.
Tickets: $11 (members), $16 (nonmembers)
This film is part of the Nuestro Cine 2025 series.
This series is presented with generous support from:
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