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Therese and Isabelle (1968) -- Two young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' boarding school...

Overview

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6.4/10   193 votes
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Director:
Radley Metzger
Writers:
Violette Leduc (novel)
Jesse Vogel (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
11 October 1968 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
... A love story
Plot:
Two young girls experience awakening sexuality in the heated atmosphere of a Swiss girls' boarding school... full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
This was a milestone for erotic films… more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Essy Persson ... Therese
Anna Gaël ... Isabelle (as Anna Gael)
Barbara Laage ... Therese's Mother
Anne Vernon ... Mlle. Le Blanc
Simone Paris ... The Madame
Maurice Teynac ... Mons. Martin
Rémy Longa ... Pierre
Nathalie Nort ... Renee
Darcy Pulliam ... Agnes
Suzanne Marchellier ... Mlle. Germain
Bernadette Stern ... Françoise
Sege Geeraert
Martine Leclerc ... Martine
Edith Ploquin
Alexandra Kabes
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Additional Details

Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
French | English
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:18 | UK:X | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Paris, France
Company:
Amsterdam Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Filmed MOS (without recorded dialogue) but with the cast enunciating in English; then prepared in separate English and French language versions for release. more
Quotes:
[last lines]
Therese: I never saw Isabelle again.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Night for Legends: First Annual XRCO Adult Film Awards (1985) (V) more

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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
This was a milestone for erotic films…, 12 October 2008
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It was a serious attempt to show the developing sexuality of two schoolgirls and did not try to exploit its fact… Even by today's standards, the film is interesting and provocative…

Therese and Isabelle are both attending the same girl's school… Therese is energetic, intelligent, and becomes a mentor for the innocent, naive, sweet Isabelle… She guides her through a number of exotic experiences, including a trip through an exclusive brothel, into her first lesbian liaison, and indirectly into her first heterosexual experience…

The film does not exploit any sex, nor is there an abundance of nudity... The imagery is effective, but sometimes the camera lingers too long, and the story goes slowly…

The director, Radley Metzger, went on to make a number of explicit erotic films under the name of Henry Paris… He always has extremely detailed stories, good acting, and very high standards of cinematography...

Artistically, however, this is perhaps his most complete… His later attempts supplied for entertainment, whereas "Therese and Isabelle" was a study into the nature of youthful eroticism...

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