Before starting this screening at BAMPFA, Jenni Olson advised the audience against laughing at the sincerity of the movie. And a few times in the movie, I felt myself wanting to make little quips. About the lesbian fit of the denim button down nightshirt, the surreal machines, or the actors' devious smiles.
Summer Vacation 1999 is slow and wandering and soft as it tackles the large and small heartbreaks of youth. Each character is unabashedly themselves, even as they fight…
