Le Blé en herbe
1954 Romance / Drama   
 
Credits
  • Director: Claude Autant-Lara
  • Script: Jean Aurenche, Claude Autant-Lara, Pierre Bost, Colette (novel)
  • Photo: Robert Lefebvre
  • Music: René Cloërec
  • Cast: Edwige Feuillère (La dame en blanc), Nicole Berger (Vinca Ferret), Pierre-Michel Beck (Phil), Robert Berri (Le brigadier), Simone Duhart (La femme du forain), Hélène Tossy (La mère de Vinca), Charles Dechamps (L'oncle), Louis de Funès (Le forain), Renée Devillers (La mère de Phil), Claude Berri (Le fils du forain)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 106 min; B&W
  • Aka: The Game of Love
 
 
 
Summary
Whilst on holiday in Brittany, Phil, a 16 year old, enjoys a platonic friendship with Vinca, aged 15.  With the onset of adolescence, their friendship turns to love, although neither feels able to take the relationship any further.   Then Phil is distracted by an older woman who takes it upon herself to initiate him in the ways of love...
 

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