Summer Lovers

Summer Lovers is a 1982 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, and Valerie Quennessen. It was filmed on location on the island of Santorini, Greece. The original music score is composed by Basil Poledouris. Summer Lovers features the songs "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", a number-one single for Chicago, and "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer Sisters. The film received generally negative reviews from film critics. Plot Americans Michael Pappas and Cathy Featherstone, a young couple from Connecticut who have just graduated from college, have known each other for approximately 10 years and have been together about half that time. They vacation for almost the entire summer on the Greek island of Santorini. Michael sees it as a chance to enjoy one last wild summer before going to work at his recently deceased father's business in the fall. When they visit a nude beach crowded with other young tourists, they are hesitant at first but find themselves getting caught up in the uninhibited energy that surrounds them. Cathy reads a book of sexual techniques, then ties Michael to the bed and drips candle wax on his chest. She comments that everyone thinks she is "such a Goody Two-Shoes", but she wants a little more adventure and is yearning to rebel against her conservative old money upbringing.