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Cast
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| Lea Massari | ... | Clara Chevalier | |
| Benoît Ferreux | ... | Laurent Chevalier | |
| Daniel Gélin | ... | Charles Chevalier | |
| Michael Lonsdale | ... | Father Henri | |
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Ave Ninchi | ... | Augusta |
| Gila von Weitershausen | ... | Freda (the prostitute) | |
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Fabien Ferreux | ... | Thomas |
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Marc Winocourt | ... | Marc |
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Micheline Bona | ... | Aunt Claudine |
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Henri Poirier | ... | Uncle Leonce |
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Liliane Sorval | ... | Fernande |
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Corinne Kersten | ... | Daphne |
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Eric Walter | ... | Laurent's friend |
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François Werner | ... | Hubert |
| René Bouloc | ... | Man at Bastille Day party | |
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This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. This is France in the mid-1950s rather than America in the 1990s. Thus, Laurent is unharmed by events which would irreparably shatter the self-esteem of a modern American adolescent: he gets drunk, he smokes, he has sex, he is smothered by his mother, he is ignored by his father, a priest makes a pass at him, he gets rheumatoid fever, etc. There's enough scandalous behavior in this film to make 100 made-for-TV movies, and yet this is a very happy and oddly innocent tale. Written by Tim Horrigan <horrigan@aol.com>
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mother son incest | first time sex | exploring sexuality | mother son relationship | measuring penis |Taglines:
A souffle of a movie! See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
17 October 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,160,784Company Credits
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Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF), Marianne Productions, Vides Cinematografica See more »
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Laurent Chevalier: I haven't stayed in them enough.
Clara Chevalier: I adore hotels. I feel free, as if I were starting a new life. Even if it's only a feeling, it's very nice.
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This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #328. See more »Goofs
After leaving Daphne, Laurent's belt changes three times. See more »Quotes
Clara Chevalier: Do you enjoy hotels?Laurent Chevalier: I haven't stayed in them enough.
Clara Chevalier: I adore hotels. I feel free, as if I were starting a new life. Even if it's only a feeling, it's very nice.
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Another of those movies made in the 70s ,pretty special era for movies, alots of things were made then that would never be allowed today ,and thats kinda odd, considering how "tolerant" todays society claims to be ,not to mention that this was just a movie, but regardless ,movie or not.