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Monday, April 15, 2024

My Little Loves (Jean Eustache, 1974)

Martin Loeb in My Little Loves

Cast: Martin Loeb, Jacqueline Dufranne, Ingrid Caven, Henri Martinez, Dionys Mascolo, Maurice Pialat, Pierre Edelman, Marie-Paule Fernandez. Screenplay: Jean Eustache. Cinematography: Nestor Almendros. Film editing: Françoise Belleville, Vincent Cottrell, Alberto Yaccelini. 

A deadpan film about coming of age, which as usual means learning about sex, set first in a French village where such learning is discouraged and then in a French city, where such learning is haphazard. Regarded by many as a masterpiece, though I have my reservations about its lack of narrative drive. Beautifully filmed by Nestor Almendros.