Sunburn

A poignant and tender depiction of first love, teenage angst, and the realities of growing up in a small town where tradition holds people tightly in its grip.

She is the sun, too hot to enjoy.

A hot summer in the quiet Irish village of Crossmore becomes a turning point for young Lucy. She has always felt like an outsider among people for whom marriage and motherhood are the only right path for a woman. And even a close friendship with the handsome and caring Martin - the embodiment of the ideal partner - is unable to ignite her heart. Until a spark is ignited, leaving a deep burn of blind admiration and mindless destructive love between her and her school friend Susanna.

Lucy, fearing the condemnation of her small and conservative environment, lives a double life, hiding the true, most frank part of herself. Secret meetings, glances, and furtive moments remain Lucy and Susanna's only escape from the pressures of society.

But graduation brings with it the opportunity to leave Crossmore. And now Lucy must choose between two places, two people, and two futures, each more difficult than the other. And only one path will bring her true happiness.