1er amour (2013)
Directed by Guillaume Sylvestre
Drama
aka: 1st Love
1er amour (2013)
Film Review
Having established himself as a documentary filmmaker, Guillaume Sylvestre makes his fictional feature debut with this evocative coming of age drama, loosely based on the 1860 novel First Love by the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. Transposing the novel to one of the most breathtakingly beautiful regions of Canada, Sylvestre delivers a film that is both emotionally involving and visually sumptuous, in which the main characters are both in harmony with and opposition to the natural world around them. A lyrical and haunting study in desire and identity.© James Travers 2016
The above content is owned by frenchfilms.org and must not be copied.
Film Synopsis
Having just turned 13, Antoine sets out on his summer holidays with his parents, who have rented a cottage on an island in the St-Lawrence River. Here, Antoine is attracted his neighbour, a 17-year-old girl named Anna who happens to be the daughter of a woman that Antoine's father was once acquainted with in his youth. The teenager's fascination with Anna reveals a terrible family secret...© James Travers
The above content is owned by frenchfilms.org and must not be copied.
Similar Films
Here are some other films you may enjoy watching:- Un homme et son chien (2009)
- Hadewijch (2009)
- Plus tard tu comprendras (2008)
- Saraband (2003)
- Voie rapide (2012)
Other related links:
Film Credits
- Director: Guillaume Sylvestre
- Script: Guillaume Sylvestre
- Cinematographer: Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky
- Music: Marc Lalonde
- Cast: Macha Grenon (Marie), Pierre-Luc Brillant (Karl), Marianne Fortier (Anna), Benoît Gouin (François), Sylvie Boucher (Geneviève), Antoine Desrochers (Félix), Loïc Esteves (Antoine), Jean-Alexandre Létourneau (Max)
- Country: Canada
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 80 min
- Aka: 1st Love
The history of French cinema
The very best of the French New Wave
The best of American film noir
