The “Summer of 85” or I Was a Gay Teenager in Love for Six Weeks

Brandon Judell
5 min readJun 19, 2021

Summer of 85, which was nominated for 12 César Awards, is renowned filmmaker François Ozon’s adaptation of Aidan Chamber’s 1982 YA novel, Dance on My Grave. Please forget that trivia because the book’s title gives away far too much.

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Brandon Judell

For half a century, Brandon Judell has covered the LGBTQI scene and the arts. He currently lectures at The City College of New York.