Working class Mona spends her days seeing a married man and avoiding her ex-criminal, born-again Christian brother. Tamsin's rich, disinterested parents have left her alone at their sprawling Tudor estate with just her horses for company. In the hazy heat of a long and boring English summer, the two teen girls meet and form an intense relationship.
With baby Emily Blunt in her first film role, Goldfrapp's eerie electro score and all the sexual obsession you'd expect from a Zodiac pick, this singular film is still as strange and vibey as it was two decades ago.
Summertime Sadness
Long, hot summers have always been fertile ground for anxiety, danger and despair on screen. From holiday horrors to angsty coming-of-age tales, summertime sadness is a microgenre all on its own. Even the way we watch – sitting in a dark room – goes against the spirit of warm, sunny days. Escape the packed pubs, hay fever, and heatwave irritability, and come wallow with Zodiac Film Club in a mini-season of sad girl summer classics that lull you with sunshine... then give you a shock.