The film is set in France just prior to the outbreak of WWII and fourteen year old Julien has been left all with the females of the household when all the men are called up for military service. The BBFC website says that all previous cuts made have been waived for this DVD release, so this looks like the complete film. For me, it is a fun movie that I still like to watch from time to time.Īfter watching Premiers Desirs, I had high hopes for this film from photographer-turned-director, David Hamilton, but it seems that although he has set up a series of sumptuous set-pieces, the result is a jerky sort of narrative with some scenes seemingly cut short for no apparent reason. There is Nudity, but not an over abundance of it and it is done tastefully. It sounds a bit convoluted, but isn't really. The female hired help had a thing for Julian ( lucky kid ). Julian wanted Julia, but she wanted Charles and Charles wanted anything in skirts. She was also able to show a range of emotions, which was good. Anja Shute ( Julia ) was, in my opinion, the show stealer. Bilitis, & Premiers Desirs, this one was not through New Star. Unlike the others I have, A Summer in St.Tropez. The DVD quality was very good all things considered. It had a pretty decent, although maybe a tad shallow, story. One, it had an element of comedy in it which kind of tempered the darknesss of the times. This movie was enjoyable on several levels. It was years later that I was able to buy a Tape and now I have the DVD. I finally caught the movie on Cinemax and had taped it. The next time, was collection of stills from the Movie plus addition stills in a coffee table book. They had an article on it with some stills from the movie. I have first heard and seen this title years ago in Playboy.
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