Tender Cousins
1980 · Movie · 90 min. · France
Summer 1939 in the Provence, France: the 14 years old Julien has a crush on his cousin Julia, who lives together with his family in their small hotel. Unfortunately she ignores him, because she's several years older. Then the hotel guest Charles enters the competition, a slimy twenty-something who lusts for the girl, despite the fact that he's engaged. Famed photographer David Hamilton’s second film follows the exploits of two cousins coming of age in the beautiful French Countryside. A young man and girl fall in love as they compare the differences between the raunchy open sexuality of the servants with that of the refined repressive deviance of their respective families. With war imminent, the bond between the two teens as well as the love between the two families grows more intense.
Direction David Hamilton
Cast Thierry Tevini · Anja Schüte · Valérie Dumas · Évelyne Dandry · Elisa Servier · Jean-Yves Chatelais · Macha Méril
Soundtrack Karin Trouw
Screenplay Claude d'Anna · Josiane Lévêque · Werner P. Zibaso · Pascal Lainé
Cinematography Bernard Daillencourt
Original title Tendres cousines
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