SUMMER SOLSTICE Movie trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Trans man Leo’s (Bobbi Salvör Menuez) life is a jumble of auditions, acting classes, barista jobs, and situationships, all of which he hopes will amount to more. Unexpectedly, Leo’s college best friend, cisgender and straight Eleanor (Marianne Rendón), calls Leo announcing that she’ll be driving through NYC, and offers to pick him up for an impromptu trip upstate. They embark on the weekend getaway, marking their first time spent together since Leo began transitioning. Reunited with new gender dynamics between them, and uncovering problems lurking behind Eleanor’s “well-meaning” façade, Leo and Eleanor navigate how their old feelings towards one another exist within this new context, forcing them both to confront buried secrets and emotions. A modern twist on the buddy comedy from a queer and trans perspective, Noah Schamus’ debut feature SUMMER SOLSTICE is a celebration of friendship, resilience, and coming of age again.
In theaters Summer 2024.
In theaters Summer 2024.
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00:00Zip! Zop! Zop! Zop! Zip! Zop! Zop! Zip!
00:07Got it.
00:08Would you want to, um, go to this reading my friend's doing this weekend?
00:12Sure. But not, like, as a date, right?
00:16Totally.
00:18Hello?
00:19Surprise!
00:21Ah! You look so different!
00:23A year in vitamin T will do that.
00:25Vitamin T?
00:26Yes, testosterone.
00:27Oh my god, right!
00:28Of course! Of course!
00:34I think we should go out.
00:35I couldn't.
00:36I'm not taking no for an answer.
00:37No, really.
00:38No.
00:39Really.
00:40I really can't!
00:44I really can't.
00:46I thought about you every night and day.
00:52Now talking's pretty strange.
00:56But do you think, like, maybe I'm queering heterosexuality, maybe?
01:04But when I look at you, I see an old friend. I see an old friend.
01:09You're being weird.
01:10How?
01:11I just feel like you're not being yourself.
01:12And what is me being myself, Eleanor?
01:14I miss how things were. Who you were before.
01:17Still me, Eleanor. Definitely still me.
01:22Which way?