Rating: PG
Movie Release Date: April 27, 1979
DVD Release Date: January 7, 2003
Plot 411: An intelligent, young American finds her soulmate in a young Frenchman and falls in love forever.
Review: This is a great little movie about young love starring Diane Lane as Lauren and Thelonious Bernard as Daniel. Lauren is an American student living in France with her mother and third step father. She feels isolated and alone because she has nothing in common with her mother or her world. Her mother is beautiful and flighty. She's obsessed with material things and status (and is a very Knots Landing-ish woman). Lauren is extremely intelligent and has no one she can confide in. She hides who she really is so that she doesn't attract attention to herself and to avoid being labeled as different. When she meets Daniel, she realizes that she's not alone and the two embark on a journey of self-discovery and first love. Along the way they meet Julius (Laurence Olivier), who inspires Lauren as he spins beautiful tales. Olivier is great in this role and is so funny. I enjoyed watching Lane and Bernard together onscreen. The innocence they shared is endearing and pure. It makes you think of simpler times and wonder when did those times end. Lane radiates and is so beautiful onscreen. This is a perfect little story about the marvelous experience of first love.
Movie Release Date: April 27, 1979
DVD Release Date: January 7, 2003
Plot 411: An intelligent, young American finds her soulmate in a young Frenchman and falls in love forever.
Review: This is a great little movie about young love starring Diane Lane as Lauren and Thelonious Bernard as Daniel. Lauren is an American student living in France with her mother and third step father. She feels isolated and alone because she has nothing in common with her mother or her world. Her mother is beautiful and flighty. She's obsessed with material things and status (and is a very Knots Landing-ish woman). Lauren is extremely intelligent and has no one she can confide in. She hides who she really is so that she doesn't attract attention to herself and to avoid being labeled as different. When she meets Daniel, she realizes that she's not alone and the two embark on a journey of self-discovery and first love. Along the way they meet Julius (Laurence Olivier), who inspires Lauren as he spins beautiful tales. Olivier is great in this role and is so funny. I enjoyed watching Lane and Bernard together onscreen. The innocence they shared is endearing and pure. It makes you think of simpler times and wonder when did those times end. Lane radiates and is so beautiful onscreen. This is a perfect little story about the marvelous experience of first love.
Watch It: To shed your cynical views of love and reintroduce yourself to something magical.
Skip It: If you need to watch things with deep significance. Even as rom-coms go, this one isn't as full bodied as others are. It's a light picture and doesn't tread to deeply into emotional entanglements.
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3 comments:
sky.. thanks for checking this one out..
so what fascinates me about films like this is how easy it is to tell that DL is a star in the making. As you say, this is a light, charming film that captivates nonetheless because of the magnetic screen presence of the actors..
I wind up saying to myself, hmmm.. yep, a star then and a star now.. it's as though if you have it, you don't really need to try very hard, and if you don't, it doesn't matter how hard you try..
The beauty of this film is its simplicity and innocence, and I think Lane does a great job of personifying that innocence.
well put.. (as usual)..
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