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* SummerRomance: Mona and Tamsin have an intense relationship entirely confined to one summer after Tamsin arrives from boarding school. It spans the gauntlet from the pair of them kissing to getting in hijinks. Mona's heart is broken when she learns that [[spoiler:Tamsin appeared to have only ever seen her as a summer fling or "fun", as she lied compulsively about almost everything from her background, she's going back to school in fall, and her sister that she claimed to have died of anorexia is in fact still alive and well.]]
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* PunnyName: Mona's real name is Lisa. Her brother nicknamed her Mona JustForPun.

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* PunnyName: Mona's real name is Lisa. Her brother nicknamed her Mona JustForPun.for a pun.
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* UptownGirl: Mona, who's working class (living in a bar with her ex-con brother), gets involved with Tamsin, who's family is very rich (having a nice mansion).
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* AdaptationalSexuality: In the book any possible attraction between the two beyond just-friends affection is only distantly implied, if present at all. The movie, however, unambiguously plays their relationship out as a romantic affair and are clearly engaging in a sexual relationship.

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* AdaptationalSexuality: In the book any possible attraction between the two beyond just-friends affection is only distantly implied, if present at all. The movie, however, unambiguously plays their relationship out as a romantic affair and are clearly engaging in a that is explicitly sexual relationship.too.



* BaitTheDog: Phil is presented as a reformed ex-con who believes in prayer and meditation. [[spoiler: When he discovers the relationship, he locks Mona in her room, hits her when she fakes a suicide and throws all the believers out]].

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* BaitTheDog: Phil is presented as a reformed ex-con who believes in prayer and meditation. [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When he discovers the relationship, he locks Mona in her room, hits her when she fakes a suicide and throws all the believers out]].
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* OurNudityIsDifferent: American audiences may be surprised at Tamsin's casual public toplessness in a bikini scene with Mona. Even the very conservative Christian Phil isn't the least bit scandalized.

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* OurNudityIsDifferent: American audiences may be surprised at Tamsin's casual public toplessness in a bikini scene when she sunbathes with Mona. Even the very conservative Christian Phil isn't the least bit scandalized.
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* OurNudityIsDifferent: American audiences may be surprised at Tamsin's casual public toplessness in a bikini scene with Mona. Even the very conservative Christian Phil isn't the least bit scandalized.
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* MsFanservice: Tamsin and Mona both get to wear bikinis but Tamsin is the more frequently bikini-clad of the two of them, as well as the one who appears topless and fully nude.
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''My Summer of Love'' is a 2004 British romantic drama film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and co-written by Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne, based on the novel of the same name by Helen Cross. The soundtrack was provided by Music/{{Goldfrapp}}.

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''My Summer of Love'' is a 2004 British romantic drama film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski Creator/PawelPawlikowski and co-written by Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne, based on the novel of the same name by Helen Cross. The soundtrack was provided by Music/{{Goldfrapp}}.
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* RomanticRideSharing: Once Mona's moped is repaired, she goes on a ride with Tamsin.

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* RomanticRideSharing: Once Mona's moped is repaired, fitted with an engine, she goes on a ride with Tamsin.Tamsin just as their relation veers lesbian.
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* RomanticRideSharing: Once Mona's moped is repaired, she goes on a ride with Tamsin.
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* ReformedCriminal: Phil did prison, and became Born Again there.
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''My Summer of Love'' is a 2004 British romantic drama film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and co-written by Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne. It is based on the novel of the same name by Helen Cross. The soundtrack was provided by Music/{{Goldfrapp}}.

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''My Summer of Love'' is a 2004 British romantic drama film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and co-written by Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne. It is Wynne, based on the novel of the same name by Helen Cross. The soundtrack was provided by Music/{{Goldfrapp}}.
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* {{Corpsing}}: While Tamsin is lying to Ricky's wife about Mona having his abortion and being left clinically depressed, the ruse is broken by her frequent giggling. Something Mona joins in with too.

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* {{Corpsing}}: InUniverse, While Tamsin is lying to Ricky's wife about Mona having his abortion and being left clinically depressed, the ruse is broken by her frequent giggling. Something Mona joins in with too.
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Working class orphan Mona (Creator/NataliePress), whose once-hotheaded brother Phil (Creator/PaddyConsidine) became a born again Christian in prison, meets upper class Tamsin (Creator/EmilyBlunt, in her theatrical debut), who suffers from a lack of love in her family. The two young girls quickly form a bond despite their different social backgrounds, and said bond goes way beyond friendship.

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Working class orphan Mona (Creator/NataliePress), whose once-hotheaded brother Phil (Creator/PaddyConsidine) became a born again Christian in prison, meets upper class Tamsin (Creator/EmilyBlunt, in her theatrical debut), who suffers from a lack of love in her family. The two young girls quickly form a bond despite their different social backgrounds, and said bond goes evolves way beyond friendship.
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* SchoolgirlLesbians: Tamsin and Mona. Ironically though the film takes place entirely during their summer break.
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* CompositeCharacter: Phil is an amalgamation of three different characters from the book: his name is the same as a regular at the pub in the book who is a photographer and flirts with Mona, his role as her brother equates him to the character of Porkchop from the book (who was Mona's stepbrother), and the born-again Christianity trait comes from the husband of Mona's AdaptedOut sister Lindy.

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* CompositeCharacter: Phil is an amalgamation of three different characters from the book: his name is the same as a regular at the pub in the book who is a photographer and flirts with Mona [[spoiler: and after photographing and sleeping with Mona, she and Tamsin accuse him of murder and blackmail him for money]], his role as her brother equates him to the character of Porkchop from the book (who was Mona's stepbrother), and the born-again Christianity trait comes from the husband of Mona's AdaptedOut sister Lindy.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Phil's closest analogue Porkchop dies in the book but lives in the film]].

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Two of the people making up Phil's closest analogue Porkchop dies composite, Phil the Flash and Porkchop, die in the book (Phil by a heavily implied suicide, Porkchop by being drowned by Mona and Tamsin) but Phil lives in the film]].

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* AdaptedOut: Mona had a sister called Lily in the book. It's just her and Phil in the film.

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* AdaptedOut: Mona had a sister called Lily Lindy in the book. It's just her and Phil in the film.



* CompositeCharacter: Phil is an amalgamation of three different characters from the book: his name is the same as a regular at the pub in the book who is a photographer and flirts with Mona, his role as her brother equates him to the character of Porkchop from the book (who was Mona's stepbrother), and the born-again Christianity trait comes from the husband of Mona's AdaptedOut sister Lindy.



* DeathByAdaptation: Mona's dad was alive in the book.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Phil dies in the book but lives in the film]].

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Phil Phil's closest analogue Porkchop dies in the book but lives in the film]].
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* JailBait: The teenage Mona was having a fling with a married man called Ricky.
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Working class orphan Mona (Natalie Press), whose once-hotheaded brother Phil (Creator/PaddyConsidine) became a born again Christian in prison, meets upper class Tamsin (Creator/EmilyBlunt, in her theatrical debut), who suffers from a lack of love in her family. The two young girls quickly form a bond despite their different social backgrounds, and said bond goes way beyond friendship.

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Working class orphan Mona (Natalie Press), (Creator/NataliePress), whose once-hotheaded brother Phil (Creator/PaddyConsidine) became a born again Christian in prison, meets upper class Tamsin (Creator/EmilyBlunt, in her theatrical debut), who suffers from a lack of love in her family. The two young girls quickly form a bond despite their different social backgrounds, and said bond goes way beyond friendship.

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