Kristoffer Tabori

Three generations of a large theatrical family come together for one last weekend at their East Hampton family estate. Oona Hart, an electrifying Hollywood movie star, manages to charm her way into this eclectic and extraordinary family full of writers, actors and directors. Her presence further complicates what is already perhaps the world's most dysfunctional family. As the weekend plays out, the family's well-kept cache of secrets is pried open and all the hidden stories begin to reveal themselves.

Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. When a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their community, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a debate that divides their community and the world — who controls, consumes, and benefits from the planet's dwindling supply of natural resources? In a small town in dire economic straits and high unemployment, the coal company's offer to buy land and provide jobs can be hard to resist. What can a community do when it must choose between its present and its future? A PBS Indies / Independent Lens selection.

Filmed entirely on location in East Hampton, Long Island, "LAST SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS" concerns a large theatrical family spending the last weekend of their summer together at their decades-old family retreat, while economic circumstances have forced them to put the home on the market. Victoria Foyt (OONA HART) plays a young Hollywood actress whose visit wreaks havoc on this stellar group of family and friends, including an extraordinary mix of prominent New York actors, directors and playwrights led by matriarch Viveca Lindfors (HELENA MORA). In the course of a very unusual weekend, comic as well as serious situations arise, and the family’s secrets – of which there are many – begin to unravel.

This moving story was the swan song of actress Viveca Lindfors, who died unexpectedly soon after completing it. It's a fitting tribute, as the film explores the last performance in the ancestral home of a large family of actors.