Synopsis
While his parents are away for the summer, 16-year-old Dani invites his best friend, the irrepressible Nico, to stay for the holidays. Jealously rears its head when Nico appears more interested in the local girls than in Dani. Hot summer nights and too many joints lead to experimentation which neither boy can talk about, a situation complicated by the appearance of the older and openly gay Julián, a published writer and old friend of Dani’s father.
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Cast
- Fernando RamalloDani
- Jordi VilchesNico
- Marieta OrozcoElena
- Esther NubiolaBerta
- Chisco AmadoJulián
- Ana GraciaSonia
- Myriam MézièresMarianne
- Muntsa AlcañizDani's Mother
- Mingo RàfolsArturo
- Pau DuràMario
Recommendations
- 88
Boston Globe
The film is rightfully carried by Nico and Dani and under Gay's artful helmsmanship it's carried with remarkable sympathy and believability. - 80
Los Angeles Times
An exceptional coming-of-age film--subtle, humorous, compassionate, acutely perceptive. - 75
Portland Oregonian
Delivers the oft-trod subject of boys' sexuality with intelligence and freshness. - 75
Baltimore Sun
A more honest version of "Summer of '42." - 75
New York Daily News
Director Gay deals so honestly with the boys' emotions, it's almost a revelation when compared to Hollywood fabrications. - 58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Rambling and easygoing, Nico and Dani is a modest but frank look at adolescent lust, both heterosexual and homosexual. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The acting is amiable but the story isn't much deeper than the callow main characters. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Sweet and harmless -- a beach movie in more ways than one -- but it doesn't run awfully deep.
