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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.Author: TM
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- Neil said...
- Posted on Oct 01 2011 22:41 I watched this movie when I was about 7 in the late 1970s (first time on British TV?). At the time I thought it was amazing because it was so open-minded and sexually liberated. It also made me fall in love with the Camargue. I have since visited the region a number of times. Now, about 30 years on I would like to watch it again to see if it still holds the same magic, but it doesn't seem to be available on DVD. Perhaps this is an omen, and I should just leave it as a 7 year old's vague memory of a film I stayed up to watch in secret that my parents wouldn't approve of.
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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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