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A Storm in Summer
UNITED STATES · 2000

A Storm in Summer

Robert Wise
redemption found family coming of age class differences generational conflict
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Synopsis

Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly against his slacker nephew Stanley who lives behind the shop. Without telling his uncle, Stanley agrees to put up a needy city kid for the summer as part of a charity program run by rich debutante Gloria. Abel immediately vetoes the plan, but it is too

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