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Sean Kaufman
''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' is an American Coming-of-age film, coming-of-age Romantic Drama, romantic drama television series created by author Jenny Han for Amazon Prime Video, and it is based on her The Summer I Turned Pretty (trilogy), novel trilogy of the same name. Lola Tung stars as Belly, a teenager involved in a love triangle with brothers Conrad and Jeremiah, played by Christopher Briney and Gavin Casalegno respectively. Production on the series began in 2021. It premiered on June 17, 2022, with the first season consisting of seven episodes. Ahead of the series premiere, it was renewed for a second season which premiered on July 14, 2023, and consists of eight episodes. In August 2023, the series was renewed for a third season. The 11-episode third and final season is scheduled to premiere on July 16, 2025. Synopsis The Summer I Turned Pretty is about Isabel "Belly" Conklin, who is nearly sixteen. She and her family visit Susannah Fisher (Belly's mother's best friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming-of-age Film
In genre studies, a coming-of-age story is a genre of literature, theatre, film, and video game that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood, or "coming of age". Coming-of-age stories tend to emphasize dialogue or internal monologue over action and are often set in the past. The subjects of coming-of-age stories are typically teenagers. The ''Bildungsroman'' is a specific subgenre of coming-of-age story. The plot points of coming-of-age stories are usually emotional changes within the character(s) in question. Literature ''Bildungsroman'' In literary criticism, coming-of-age novels and ''Bildungsroman'' are sometimes interchangeable, but the former is usually a wider genre. The ''Bildungsroman'' (from the German words ''Bildung'', "education", alternatively "forming" and ''Roman'', "novel") is further characterized by a number of formal, topical, and thematic features. It focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |