One of the great Portuguese films of the 1980s, A Girl in Summer immediately announced Vítor Gonçalves (b. 1951) as the foremost director of his generation.  A moody and atmospheric portrait of a young woman unable to make the crucial decisions needed to move forward with her life, A Girl in Summer is also a fascinating portrait of post-Salazar youth culture. A senior professor at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, Gonçalves now occupies the position of Reis, his former teacher.