Spring Night, Summer Night

Spring Night, Summer Night

Directed by Joseph L. Anderson

Produced by Triskele

196782 min6.6 / 10

A melancholic, introspective study of two siblings trapped by economic and social constraints, whose forbidden relationship becomes an act of rebellion against the bleakness of small-town life.

Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.

Questions people ask

  • Is Spring Night, Summer Night sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Spring Night, Summer Night violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Spring Night, Summer Night end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Spring Night, Summer Night easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Spring Night, Summer Night scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

48/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity62

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise34

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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