SUMMER WAR
synopsis
Chile, 1989. Udo, an American wargaming champion, arrives at a sunny beach resort for a peaceful vacation with his girlfriend. When another tourist mysteriously disappears at sea, Udo decides not to search for his missing friend but to instead invite a mysterious local to play his wargame of choice — a tabletop game where players simulate the European theater of World War II. It’s a choice that begins to erode the boundary between game and reality, transforming the sunny beach into something far more dangerous — a reflection of Udo's own obsession with strategy and control, and his inability to conceive of violence as anything other than imaginary and theoretical.
| international title: | Summer War |
| original title: | Guerra de verano |
| working title: | 1989, The Rise and Decline of Udo Berger |
| country: | Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy |
| sales agent: | Pluto Film |
| year: | 2026 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Alicia Scherson |
| film run: | 104' |
| screenplay: | Alicia Scherson |
| cast: | Dan Beirne, Lux Pascal, Aline Küppenheim, David Gaete, Agustín Pardella |
| cinematography by: | Alejo Maglio |
| film editing: | Manuel Ferrari |
| art director: | Sebastián Muñoz |
| costumes designer: | Jam Monti |
| producer: | Isabel Orellana Guarello, Nicolas Grosso, Juan José López, Pedro Barcia |
| production: | OvePossibile, Araucaria Cine (CL), Nadador Cine (AR), Le Tiro (UY) |


















