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Friends (1971)

Director: Lewis Gilbert

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From Time Out Film Guide

Hideous schmaltz, all lyrical slow motion and soft focus, in which a fourteen-year-old French girl (Alvina) and a fifteen-year-old English boy (Bury) run away from their respective unhappy homes to the Camargue (complete with wild horses). There, in a cosy cottage, they play at marriage, have a baby, and almost manage to live happily ever after in their Garden of Eden. Complete with Elton John on the soundtrack. Yuck.

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Cast & crew

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Producer: Lewis Gilbert

Cast: Sean Bury, Anicée Alvina, Ronald Lewis, Toby Robins, Joan Hickson, Pascale Roberts full cast

Duration: 102 mins


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