A Summer Story
| A Summer Story | |
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| Directed by | Piers Haggard |
| Screenplay by | Penelope Mortimer |
| Based on | "The Apple Tree" by John Galsworthy |
| Produced by | Danton Rissner |
| Starring | James Wilby Imogen Stubbs Susannah York Kenneth Colley |
| Cinematography | Kenneth MacMillan |
| Edited by | Ralph Sheldon |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
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| Distributed by | Atlantic Entertainment Group |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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.