My Summer of Love

2004 British film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and co-written by Pawel Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne. It is based on the novel of the same name by Helen Cross.

Working class Mona (Natalie Press), whose once-hotheaded brother Phil (Paddy Considine) became a born again Christian in prison, meets upper class Tamsin (Emily Blunt), who suffers from a lack of love in her family. The two young girls quickly form a bond despite their different social backgrounds.

Filmed in West Yorkshire, the film went on to win a BAFTA.

Tropes used in My Summer of Love include:

• Awful Truth: Tamsin doesn't love Mona, she just used her to have summer fun.
• Brainy Brunette: Tamsin.
• Bury Your Lesbians
• Cast the Expert: Emily Blunt was cast because Pawel Pawlikowski felt she was perfect for the role and because she is a competent cello player.
• Dysfunctional Family: Both Mona and Tamsin have one.
• Faith Heel Turn: Phil does a brutal one at the end and expels the believers from his house.
• Faking the Dead: Mona fakes a suicide by hanging.
• Fille Fatale: Tamsin.
• First Kiss
• The Fundamentalist: Phil.
• Hiding Behind Religion: Phil.
• I Lied: Tamsin, about her sister.
• Lonely Rich Kid: Tamsin.
• Lonely Together
• Love Makes You Crazy
• Manipulative Bastard: Tamsin.
• Missing Mom: Mona's mother died of a cancer.
• Nietzsche Wannabe: Tamsin.
• Oop North
• Parental Neglect: Tamsin's parents, and Phil towards Mona.
• Preacher Man: Phil.
• Promotion to Parent: Phil.
• Principles Zealot: Phil.
• Psycho Lesbian: Tamsin.
• Troubled Sympathetic Bigot: Phil.