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Therese and Isabelle

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Original title

Year

1968

Running time

118 min.

Country

France

Director

Radley Metzger

Screenwriter

Jesse Vogel. Novel: Violette Leduc

Cast

Music

Georges Auric

Cinematography

Hans Jura (B&W)

Producer

Co-production France-Germany - West Germany (FRG);

Amsterdam Film Corporation, Audubon Films, Berolina Film, Radley Metzger

Genre

Drama. Romance | Erotic. Gay & Lesbian

Synopsis

A older woman visits the boarding school of her youth after a 20 year absense. While strolling about the deserted grounds and classrooms she remembers her highly emotional experiences there, and well-executed flashbacks occur to her youth. At 17 she is abandoned by her loving mother because of remarriage and left at a European boarding school, disenchanted and lonely. Immediately she meets Isabell, an older, confident, rebellious girl. The two develop a friendship quickly without much conversation or bonding, but have the always temporary chemistry necessary for their friendship to progress into a sexual relationship. The sex scenes are slow and sensual -as they should be for two young girls experiencing lesbianism for the first time. Despite their undying love confessions to each other, Theresa wakes up one morning to find Isabell has left the school, her room and desk replaced with another student. She never see's Isabell again.

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Therese and Isabelle

1968

Radley Metzger