A 15yearold discovers the joys and heartaches of first love when she falls for an older teen. It was selected for the main competition at the 2011 locarno international film festival. It was selected for the main competition section at the 2011 locarno international film festival. Lola creton, sebastian urzendowsky, magne havard, brekke, valerie bonneton, serge renko, and ozay fecht mia hansenlove returns with goodbye first love, an acutely perceptive. Physical love is at the heart of the film, it is, first of all, a very carnal love. Goodbye first love official trailer hd ifc films youtube. There, too, we see the pattern of a man excluding a loved one in this case, his wife from his planning. Goodbye first love an allconsuming first love haunts the heart of a young french girl for the good part of decade in goodbye first love, the deeply satisfying third feature of gallic scribe. Mia hansenloves second film is a clever, persuasive examination of the meaning of first love and it has a clear streak of autobiography. The first love lives on, even if it doesnt survive. There is nothing ostentatious in goodbye first love, and also, remarkably, nothing false, except perhaps some of the hopes of the earnest young couple at its heart. Everything you need to know about goodbye first love movie. Oct, 2011 just as its river imagery is finally accompanied by an egregiously onthenose folk song one of many on the soundtrack featuring the opening lyrics all that i have is a river, goodbye first love is an affair that mistakes prettykid pouting, long silences, and heavyhanded environmentreflectscharacter symbolism for actual insight.
The passionate, romanticised longing one feels for that very first sexual partner is mired in pretense and artifice in mia hansenloves groaningly slow goodbye first love. Girl meets boy, girl loses boy, girl meets older man the new film by mia hansenlove confirms the. Fifteenyearold camille is a serious girl who has fallen in love with the cheerful sullivan, an older boy who returns her feelings, mostly, but wants to be free to explore the world. Watch on ifc films unlimited with prime video channels.
Goodbye first love is a film that understands that the concept of a first love is not a simple matter of person and time. Fifteenyearold camille lola creton is a serious, intensely focused girl who has fallen in love with cheerful sullivan sebastian urzendowsky, an older boy who reciprocates her feelings. Fifteenyearold camille is a serious, intensely focused girl who has fallen in love with cheerful sullivan, an older boy who reciprocates her feelings, mostly. Film comment presents francisco valentes indepth conversation with the filmmaker, conducted last october in lisbon.
If what is seen on screen is what was intended then this is a faultless film in that regard. Like father of my children, goodbye first love loosely fictionalizes lived experience in order to capture the ineffablein this case, emotional maturation or, as sullivan phrases it, becoming a real person. All spiritual questions do not withhold a more physical and sensual side. Despite a cool first meeting, camille sees him a second time and eventually gets back together with him. Mia hansenlove film profile, special mention of the jury at locarno, delves deeper into this vein of talent, exploring to great effect the impossibility of coming to terms with the end of a passionate teenage love affair, in a story spanning nine years. Whats the story fifteenyearold camille lola creton is a serious girl who has fallen in love with the cheerful sullivan sebastian urzendowsky, an older boy who returns her feelings, mostly, but wants to be free to explore the world. It was selected for the main competition section at the 2011 locarno. Mia hansen love returns with goodbye first love, an acutely perceptive portrait of a bright young woman in the wake of her first romance. This film, deeper than it seems, dares to suggest that beyond a certain point, it can represent a tragedy. Goodbye first love 2011, directed by mia hansenlove movie. Camille is his assistant, but she soon feels capable of establishing her own agency. Goodbye first love is a 2011 francogerman film directed by mia hansenlove.
Jul 18, 2011 goodbye first love an allconsuming first love haunts the heart of a young french girl for the good part of decade in goodbye first love, the deeply satisfying third feature of gallic scribe. But the details of the piece are wholly hansenlove. Starring talented 17yearold actress lola creton as a young woman who finds that saying goodbye to a first love is much easier said than done, the film offers up the sort of casual, insightful. Fifteenyearold camille lola creton is a serious, intensely. A straightforward if somewhat generic translation might have. In early september, when the delegate really goes to work, his first moves will be important. Goodbye first love captures teen ardor with a patiently naturalistic approach, further. Trailer for goodbye first love mia hansenlove returns with goodbye first love, an acutely perceptive portrait of a bright young woman in the wake of her first romance fifteenyearold camille lola creton is a serious girl who has fallen in love with the cheerful sullivan sebastian urzendowsky, an older boy who returns her feelings, mostly, but wants to be free to explore the wor. Mia hansenloves things to come delicate take on the travails of first love. Fittingly, its also a film about learning how to plunder ones own experience to make something richer than direct memoir. We think of first love as sweet and valuable, a blessed if hazardous condition. Goodbye first love 2011 directed by mia hansenlove. It goes far beyond that, and the emotional echoes of those moments will last for long after the relationship itself is over.
Apr 20, 2012 goodbye first love is a film that understands that the concept of a first love is not a simple matter of person and time. And when apart, your life seemed to be diminished and you felt sad and lonely. Years later, shes in love with her professor lorenz. Watch goodbye first love english subtitled prime video. Goodbye first love captures teen ardor with a patiently naturalistic approach, further proving writerdirector mia hansenlove is a. But then all you had to do was to bring the image of your first love into your mind and you were happy again. The first half of goodbye, first love was eerily familiar. It is at this point that she once again crosses paths with sullivan. Goodbye first love is a small, sweet film that tells an old story with some new twists. Goodbye first love official trailer hd sundance selects. Goodbye first love, the subtle and perceptive new film by french writerdirector mia hansenlove, tests just such a relationship against the. The pleasure of holding hands or talking for hours. Charting a relationship over ten years, the film follows camille a superb lola creton, bluebeard as she moves from the ecstasy of youthful passion, through heartbreak to maturity and finding her place in the world.
Hansenloves third feature is a candid semiautobiographical confessional following a young woman, camille lola creton, astonishing unable to put a teenaged love affair behind her. Apr 19, 2012 goodbye first love, the latest from writerdirector mia hansenlove father of my children, opens today in new york. Goodbye first love discover the best in independent. Goodbye to love was the first carpenters hit written by richard carpenter and john bettis. The way that just being with your first love transformed the world into an enchanted place.
At this point, the film s visual palette goes from a summery glow to much grayer shades, and the perspective shifts. Fifteenyearold camille and her boyfriend sullivan enjoy an idyllic romantic summer, but when sullivan heads off travelling alone camilles world comes crashing down. Goodbye to love is a song composed by richard carpenter and john bettis. Goodbye first love 2011 letterboxd your life in film. After awhile, he stops writing to her and she falls into a suicidal depression. Mia hansenlove returns with goodbye first love, an acutely perceptive portrait of a bright young woman in the wake of her first romance. Goodbye first love, directed by mia hansenlove the new york. She has an intense relationship with him and then sullivan returns into her life. An emotional portrait of the aftermath of camilles first taste of love. Goodbye first love 2011 streaming ita film completo in italiano e gratis. Mia hansenlove film profile, special mention of the jury at locarno, delves deeper into this vein of talent, exploring to great effect the impossibility of coming to terms with the end of a passionate teenage love affair, in. With lorenz, camille finds herself in a satisfying relationship with a man who respects her, but her happiness proves shortlived when sullivan reenters her life. Just as its river imagery is finally accompanied by an egregiously onthenose folk song one of many on the soundtrack featuring the opening lyrics all that i have is a river, goodbye first love is an affair that mistakes prettykid pouting, long silences, and heavyhanded environmentreflectscharacter symbolism for actual insight. Camilles frustrated commitment to her first love goes through many iterations in the decade chronicled by the film, which is as much a study of the creative power generated through love as it is a portrayal of specific relationships.
Mia hansenloves second film is a clever, persuasive examination of the meaning of first love and it has a clear streak of. Jun 27, 2012 goodbye first love is the third feature by mia hansenlove, herself only 31, whose previous film was the perceptive father of my children 2009, about a film producer whose sudden death exposes the fragile nature of his business dealings. However sullivan wants to go to south american for a year and this prospect leaves camille feeling. Goodbye first love, directed by mia hansenlove the new. Goodbye first love, directed by mia hansenlove the. Fifteenyearold camille and 19yearold sullivan are passionately in love with each other.
The female lead, lola creton, plays camille, who from start to finish of the film is miserable. Goodbye first love is the third feature by mia hansenlove, herself only 31, whose previous film was the perceptive father of my children. Jul 10, 2019 goodbye first love is a sincere and heartfelt story of teenage love and loss from critically acclaimed french director mia hansenlove. Remembering the carpenters documentary, tony peluso stated that this was one of the first power ballads, if not the first, to have a fuzz guitar solo. The original screenplay by neil simon centers on an odd trio.
Apr 20, 2012 there is nothing ostentatious in goodbye first love, and also, remarkably, nothing false, except perhaps some of the hopes of the earnest young couple at its heart. The love scenes of goodbye first love are also in that vein. Goodbye first love 2011 nude scenes film produced by ray stark, directed by herbert ross and starring richard dreyfuss, marsha mason, quinn cummings and paul benedict. Theres nothing like a film about wayward passions to remind you how differently people feel things. The young leads play their part like any random young lovers. In telling the story of a teenage romance that ends in heartbreakand then following the decadelong aftermathgoodbye first love covers dramatic ground so welltrod, it might as well be paved. Although her breakup with sullivan sebastian urzendowsky arrives only later, camille lola creton is unhappy in this relationship from the beginning of goodbye first love, when they are still together. A young man cycles the busy streets of paris his face masked by a black scarf ala mick travis in if. While many films embrace the theme of young love, french filmmaker mia hansenlove takes an almost. Goodbye first love 2012, directed by mia hansenlove film. Fifteenyearold camille lola creton is a serious girl who has fallen in love with the cheerful sullivan sebastian urzendowsky, an older boy who returns her feelings, mostly, but wants to be free to explore the world. A 15 year olds love could be so close to obsession as to being indistinguishable from it. Goodbye first love covers eight years of camilles life, from adolescence to adulthood, during which her feelings about this unshakable attachment go through.