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First Desires

1983 · 93 min

A dreamy, soft-focus erotic idyll that drifts between sensual vignettes with little urgency or conflict.

Directed by: David Hamilton
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Monica Broeke, Emmanuelle Béart, Patrick Bauchau

Tagline: Beautiful innocence cast-away in paradise.
Overview: Three teenage girls decide to visit a romantic island and find love. They get shipwrecked and end up on different sides of the island. Each girl begins her own romantic adventure either with a man, a boy or even another girl.

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Directed by: David Hamilton
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Monica Broeke, Emmanuelle Béart, Patrick Bauchau

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Tone: romanticstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
love
sexuality
identity
freedom
Places: sea
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	7
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: David Hamilton
Written by: Bertrand Levergeois, Philippe Gautier, Michael Erdmann
Starring: Monica Broeke, Emmanuelle Béart, Patrick Bauchau, Anja Schüte, Inge Maria Granzow, Bruno Guillain, Stéphane Freiss, Charly Chemouny
Music: Philippe Sarde
Cinematography: Alain Derobe
Runtime: 93 min
Country: France, Germany
Languages: German, French

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