A Summer Story

A Summer Story
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPiers Haggard
Screenplay byPenelope Mortimer
Based on"The Apple Tree"
by John Galsworthy
Produced byDanton Rissner
StarringJames Wilby
Imogen Stubbs
Susannah York
Kenneth Colley
CinematographyKenneth MacMillan
Edited byRalph Sheldon
Music byGeorges Delerue
Production
company
Distributed byAtlantic Entertainment Group
Release dates
  • 23 July 1988 (1988-07-23) (South Korea)
  • 11 August 1988 (1988-08-11) (New York City)
  • 28 October 1988 (1988-10-28) (Ireland)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Summer Story is a 1988 British drama film directed by Piers Haggard and written by Penelope Mortimer, based on John Galsworthy’s 1916 short story "The Apple Tree". Starring James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs and Susannah York, the plot takes place in 1902 and 1920, wherein a young gentleman visiting a rural area had an intense love affair with a village girl. Eighteen years later, he is passing that way again.