KYUKA - BEFORE SUMMER'S END

A single father organises a sailing trip for his twin quasi-adult sons, secretly planning for them to meet their birth mother. A bittersweet voyage that delves into the complicated relationships between parents and siblings, serving as another possible reason for drowning. Wunderkind Kostis Charamountanis writes, directs, edits and composes music for his surprising long-distance debut, which opened the ACID section at Cannes with this summer story that is sometimes nostalgic, sometimes eccentric but always refreshing. A seductive chromatic palette and a playful approach to narrative (featuring repetitions, ellipses, parallel montages, etc.) shape this surge of toxic affections and strained family ties. When it comes to family, it’s every man for himself.