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29 July 1994 (USA) moreUser Comments:
A little too mild but pretty good more (7 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robin Givens | ... | April |
| Marco Hofschneider | ... | Philippe Leclerc |
 | Rick Johnson | ... | Cal Cate |
 | Charlotte Ross | ... | Elizabeth 'Sue Ann' Baldridge |
 | Edward Herrmann | ... | Zachary 'Zach' Gilmore |
 | Jack Coleman | ... | Rex Jennings |
 | Charles S. Dutton | ... | Howlin' Wolf (as Charles Dutton) |
| Hinton Battle | ... | Sonny Boy Williamson |
| Anthony Herrera | ... | Coach Mallard |
| Bob Child | ... | Counselor |
| David Long | ... | Mr. Baldridge |
 | Ruth Williamson | ... | Mrs. Baldridge |
| Michael Reilly Burke | ... | Harrison |
| Michael Goodwin | ... | Assistant Coach |
| Jon Hendricks | ... | April's Father |
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In 1955 a French student named Philippe (Marco Hofschneider) spends a year at a college in Virginia as an exchange student. There he meets a beautiful black woman (Robin Givens) and falls in love...but that was forbidden back then. But he can't stop his feelings for her...
Laid-back adaptation of a true story. It's good but distressingly TOO mild. This story has been told before and this is a good version but everything is so toned down it's hard to react to it. Also it mixes in football, blues music, a nervous breakdown and alcoholism in bits and pieces making it a jumble--the movie seriously lacks focus. Still this is not unwatchable.
It's beautifully filmed and has a feel for the period in clothes and cars (LOVE Cal's one). The acting really pulls this one through. Hofschneider is just great--young, handsome and full of life. His reactions when someone tries to get him into a blues club are hilarious. Rick Johnson is also good playing his best friend Cal. Givens is pretty terrible--a one note performance but she IS beautiful. Also the film is tasteful. There is a sex scene between Hofschneider and Givens but no nudity is shown! Hofschneider however was completely nude when they filmed it--he complained it was too cold shooting it and thought it was unnecessary but he did it.
All in all the film DOES work. I actually cried a little at the end. This came and went VERY quickly in 1994. It was supposed to boost Givens' career but didn't do a thing. It's worth seeing but don't go out of your way. I give it a 7.