Una Aventura De Verano: Goodbye DonGless!

Caught the UK debut of this at the 75th Edinburgh International Film Festival (director told us it is getting general UK release in November 2022, think Oct for North America). It is a coming of age story - I was thinking Stand By Me only for the director to tell the festival crowd after the screening that Stand By Me was indeed an influence. Although many of the beats of a teenage coming of age are there, all tropes we've seen before, it is well done and it really brings out the emotions (be prepared to blink away tears a couple of times), while the artwork is lovely, especially some of the big landscape moments in the forest, a night sky or waterfalls. Lovely, warm and emotional.