Product Details

• Actors: Selma Brook, Soko, Salomé Stévenin, Léo Grandperret, Bastien Catenacci
• Directors: Patrick Grandperret
• Writers: Nathalie Stragier
• Producers: Nicole Flipo
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Picture This! Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: June 14, 2005
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0008ENHXU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,186 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Clara's Summer" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Clara and her best friend Zoé head to summer camp for a week of adventure and self-discovery. Zoé quickly gets involved with Sébastien, but is upset to find he is dating her just to impress his buddies. For comfort, Zoé turns to Clara, telling her she loves her, but Clara rejects her advances. Clara hates camp and feels isolated. When Sonia, a beautiful bisexual, befriends her, the other campers accuse Clara of being a lesbian. To quell rumors of their romance, Clara decides to sleep with a male counselor, but this only complicates things further. Eventually, Clara succumbs to her attraction to Sonia, who helps Clara learn to express her own sensuality and self-awareness.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Low-key, slow-burn sapphic film, October 14, 2005

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Alan R. Reno (Brigadoon, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clara's Summer (DVD)

As a dull hetro male, I squirmed when The Woman requested this movie via NetFlix. French female leads? Almost all male characters depicted as heartless slugs? No car chases or "Monster's Ball" grade nudity?
But by golly, I liked this tale. Despite high school pageant level acting by those other than the three (perfectly casted) leads. Thankfully its sub-titled, not dubbed, which really gets my goat. The campers' hazing and isolating of Clara & Sonia is a reminder of how many teens waste half of their youth in stupid imbroglios. One word of warning: the same ghastly four or five cords of guitar are played when scrolling thru each section of the menu. The male lead, playing Zoe's boyfriend, just happens to be the Director's son. Well, graft is everywhere.
I'll admit this film's writing is jejune (look it up) and provincial, but you can spare 90 mins away from your ipod, xbox or internet porn to watch it. Other reviewers need to lighten up...This little flick was made for what would amount
to no more than the coffee and soda budget of an American flick.

12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars SLOOOOOOOW and GOING NOWHERE, October 6, 2005

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J. Partin "extremities71" (St Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clara's Summer (DVD)

This movie went by so slowly. The story sort of led you around in circles, the acting was poor and the characters weren't believable.....and the ending....what ending?! I would not recommend this movie to anyone interested in the genre. I was disappointed.

3 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars very cold, January 2, 2006

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TURKI A. (RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clara's Summer (DVD)

it dose not worth its price. Nothing will make you intersting to continue watching it instade of that, the bad quality picture will push you to stop the story.