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Goodbye First Love

2011 · 108 min

A quietly devastating, intimate portrait of first love's lingering hold, told with tender observation and a melancholic, reflective pace.

Overview
A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Mia Hansen-Løve
Written by
Mia Hansen-Løve
Starring
Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Valérie Bonneton, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Serge Renko, Özay Fecht, Max Ricat, Louis Dunbar
Cinematography
Stéphane Fontaine
Runtime
108 min
Country
France, Germany
Languages
English, Danish, German, French

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