Summertime (2015)
Catherine Corsini’s 1970s troubled lesbian romance basks in an idyllic Summertime in France in the days of women’s lib. Summertime CAUTION: Here be spoilers…
Read MoreCatherine Corsini’s 1970s troubled lesbian romance basks in an idyllic Summertime in France in the days of women’s lib. Summertime CAUTION: Here be spoilers…
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