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Wikipedia article




'A Cold Summer' is a 2003 Australian film. The writing of the film was highly collaborative with input from all the actors.[http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=8557&s=interviews Andrew Urban, "PRIOR, SUSAN A COLD SUMMER", 'Urban Cinefile'] accessed 12 November 2012

Plot



Bobby, who is living in a car having left his wife, begins a charged sexual relationship with the married Tia. Tia renews a friendship with Phaedra, who has lost a boyfriend to heroin.

Cast



*Teo Gilbert as Bobby

*Olivia Pigeot as Tia

*Susan Prior as Phaedra

Production



It was the second feature film from Paul Middleditch, who was one of the leading TV commercial directors in Australia.

Director Paul Middleditch lived with the three main actors for a number of months working on the screenplay. "I wanted to create a work that was a direct response to the emotional state I was in at the time", he says. "I wanted to construct three truthful portraits of people dealing with death in their lives in radically different ways and to create an environment in which they could expose their real lives before the camera".

The film was shot over five days.

Release



The film screened at the Sydney Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival.

References




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