SUMMER SOLSTICE Trailer: Noah Schamus’ Debut Explores Friendship Post-Transition

The relationship of two longtime friends is challenged in writer-director Noah Schamus’ Summer Solstice. Told from a queer and trans perspective, it centers on two reunited college best friends (Bobbi Salvör Menuez and Marianne Rendón), one trans and one straight/cisgender, whose contrasting lives impact their bond. Following a festival run, Cartilage Films will release it in New York and Los Angeles in June – just in time for Pride Season. Ahead of its release, the official trailer has just arrived.

Here’s the official synopsis:

In SUMMER SOLSTICE, trans man Leo’s (Bobbi Salvör Menuez) life is a jumble of auditions, acting classes, barista jobs, and situationships, all of which he hopes will amount to more. Unexpectedly, Leo’s college best friend, cisgender and straight Eleanor (Marianne Rendón), calls Leo announcing that she’ll be driving through NYC, and offers to pick him up for an impromptu trip upstate. They embark on the weekend getaway, marking their first time spent together since Leo began transitioning. Reunited with new gender dynamics between them, and uncovering problems lurking behind Eleanor’s “well-meaning” façade, Leo and Eleanor navigate how their old feelings towards one another exist within this new context, forcing them both to confront buried secrets and emotions.

Summer Solstice will open at NYC’s IFC Center on June 14 and L.A.’s Laemmle Glendale on June 21.

Check out the trailer and poster below.

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