Monday Afternoon @ the Movies: “Summerland” (2020)

March celebrates Women’s History and Irish-American Heritage – Summerland (2020) Love. Magic. Hope.  British drama starring Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond, Dixie Egerickx, Siân Phillips, Penelope Wilton and Tom Courtenay.  Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she’s to adopt a young London evacuee named Frank, she’s resistant. It’s not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed. Rated PG: 1 hour 39 minutes.