Helena Solberg Cineclub presents THREE SUMMERS

In August, HELENA SOLBERG CINECLUB screens THREE SUMMERS, Sandra Kogut’s humorous and inventive episodic feature charting the progressive chronology of a working-class rebellion, spearheaded by a charismatic domestic employee.

Every December, between Christmas and New Year, Edgar and Marta host a lavish family celebration at their luxurious summerhouse by the beach. Madá (played by the larger-than-life film and TV star Regina Casé) is the fifty-something caretaker of the place. Unfolding over the course of three consecutive summers, the film follows Madá as she invests in a roadside snack kiosk while tending to the every need of her condescending employers, becoming a bystander in a major money-laundering scandal.

With every dizzying new turn of events, Madá manages to retain her high spirits, her sense of loyalty to those who deserve it, and her eagle eye for opportunity. Supported by masterful comedic timing and striking an irresistible balance of naïveté and sagacity, Madá is one of the charismatic Casé’s most endearing characters, a beacon of tenacious optimism and vivacity in a time when affluent wrongdoing seems ubiquitous. THREE SUMMERS is a brilliant comedy about gross class disparity and the infinite resourcefulness of those who can never take anything for granted.