They share a powerful chemistry, and a few scenes suggest the intimacy of their time together, but nothing really racy is shown.
Flashbacks portray her loving relationship with Vera ( Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who's Black, but their skin color is incidental to the story. Alice, who's gay, is proud of her sexual identity, even though she's sometimes nervous how others who are more conservative will perceive her as a result. A few tense scenes take place during a London bomb raid (the upsetting aftermath is shown), the theme of death lingers, characters argue, and there's a brief example of bullying between children. While the movie explores the futility and waste of war - including the off-screen death of a parent - it's primarily about overcoming life's setbacks. It centers on Alice ( Gemma Arterton), a reclusive writer who has no interest in motherhood until she takes in a young evacuee named Frank (Lucas Bond). Parents need to know that Summerland is a tender World War II drama that focuses on grief in a way that both adults and children will be able to relate to and understand.
