lesbian coming-of-age tales can be sensationalistic and leering, but this film (directed by a woman, Alante Kavaite) casts a sensitive eye on the understated story of Sangaile, a shy, troubled girl who begins a relationship with the more ebullient Aus
awash with ripe, voluptuous summertime imagery and brimming with aborning adolescent female sexuality, The Summer of Sangaile is an appealingly simple, poetically conceived teen coming-of-age tale
