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Rumer Godden (novel)
Rumer Godden (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 August 1961 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
A Summer of Evil...And a Young Girl's Cruel Awakening!
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The film tells the sensible story of a British girl who awakes from childhood on vacations in France finding life and love. | add synopsis
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The Kind Of Film They Don't Make Anymore more (23 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kenneth More | ... | Eliot |
| Danielle Darrieux | ... | Madame Zisi |
| Susannah York | ... | Joss Grey |
| Claude Nollier | ... | Madame Corbet |
| Jane Asher | ... | Hester |
| Elizabeth Dear | ... | Vicky |
| Richard Williams | ... | Wilmouse |
| David Saire | ... | Paul |
| Raymond Gérôme | ... | Renard |
| Maurice Denham | ... | Mr. Bullock |
| André Maranne | ... | M. Dutour |
| Harold Kasket | ... | M. Prideaux |
| Jacques B. Brunius | ... | M. Joubert |
| Joy Shelton | ... | Mrs. Grey |
| Balbina | ... | Mauricette |
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Also Known As:
Loss of Innocence (USA)
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99 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)
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Greengage Summer (Loss Of Innocence, American release title) is a wonderful, nostalgic movie that I love to watch over and over again. How can you improve upon Kenneth More looking over at a blossoming Susannah York in one of her first films, tasting the perspiration on her face and saying sweetly: "Dew of Joss"? Sigh. So romantic!
The performances of all the children are first rate, and the actor who plays Paul is perfectly slimey for his part. You can almost smell him through the tv screen! In the novel by Rumer Godden I think there were two more children than in the movie, but who's counting? Best scenes: the French countryside, the sightseeing tour to the church, winery and the cafe, the dance scene at the hotel, and Eliot saying goodbye to Joss at the end. The movie also boasts rather gorgeous music that is available on CD. Check it out. I sounded out the main theme and play it on my piano quite often.
They just don't make films like this anymore, and if they tried to they would have the main characters in bed together in the first five minutes. Yuck. Give me yesterday, and understated romance over the tripe they call entertainment today.