An American Summer

An American Summer

Year: 1991

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: English

Director: James Slocum

ComedyDrama

Tom, a 14‑year‑old whose parents have just divorced, leaves his affluent Chicago home for a beach bungalow in Los Angeles with his aunt. Resentful of bohemian life, he befriends surfer Fin. Their partnership sparks a series of summer adventures that recall Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn tales, leaving Tom wiser and at home in California by summer’s end.

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