title: Sympathy in Summer
text: # Sympathy in Summer
  
  Sympathy in Summer is a 1971 film directed by Antony I. Ginnane when he was a 19-year-old university student. It was partly financed by Melbourne University Film Society and was heavily financed by the films of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Alain Resnais.
  
  ## Premise
  
  Lenny is a young womanising university student who is not as confident as he appears. He recalls his relationship with his girlfriend Anne and imagines Carlton as a Bohemian Paris.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Connie Simmons as Anne Benton
  * Vincent Griffith as Lenny Marshall
  * Tony Horler as the other man
  * Robin Wells as the perfect woman
  * Pam McAlister as Candy
  * John Caust
  * Marlene Schulenberg
  * Leon Boyle
  
  ## Production
  
  The film was shot in 1968 but not released until 1971 by which time Ginnane had established himself as a distributor. It only received a limited release.
  
  ## Legacy
  
  The film is markedly different in genre from the movies Ginnane would later make when he became a producer.
  
  Footage from the movie appeared in the documentary Carlton + Godard = Cinema (2003).
  
  