2 lovers, one summer, and the 9 songs that defined them.
Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writers: Michael Winterbottom
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Kieran O'Brien
Matt
Margo Stilley
Lisa
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
Himself - The Dandy Warhols (uncredited)
Alex Kapranos
Himself - Franz Ferdinand (uncredited)
Guy Garvey
Himself - Elbow (uncredited)
Robert Levon Been
Himself - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (uncredited)
Peter Hayes
Himself - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (uncredited)
Lisa is an exchange student in London. Her affair with Matt has the urgency of the ephemeral. They are enjoying an extended, unofficial honeymoon; we see them dancing, drinking beer, doing drugs, hanging out, having irrelevant conversations and, above all, going to rock shows (al…
