Therese and Isabelle (1968)

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Country: France, Netherlands, USA, West Germany
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1969-06-18
Director: Radley Metzger
Writers: Violette Leduc , Jesse Vogel
Language: French | English
Stars: Essy Persson , Anna Gaël , Barbara Laage , Anne Vernon , Simone Paris , Maurice Teynac , Rémy Longa , Nathalie Nort , Darcy Pulliam , Suzanne Marchellier
Runtime: 118 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Therese and Isabelle (United Kingdom) , To imerologio mias lesvias (Greece) , Thérèse en Isabelle (Belgium) , Therese und Isabell , Thérèse et Isabelle (France, French Republic) , Therese and Isabelle (United States of America) , Therese and Isabelle (Netherlands the) , Therese og Isabelle (Denmark) , Tereza kai Isavella (Greece) , Therese and Isabelle , Thérèse et Isabelle (Belgium) , 女と女 (Japan) , Teresa y Isabel (Spain) , Therese and Isabelle (Canada) , Тереза и Изабель , Teresa e Isabel (Spain)
Plot: A older woman visits the boarding school of her youth after a 20 year absense. While strolling about the deserted grounds and classrooms she remembers her highly emotional experiences there, and well-executed flashbacks occur to her youth. At 17 she is abandoned by her loving mother because of remarriage and left at a European boarding school, disenchanted and lonely. Immediately she meets Isabell, an older, confident, rebellious girl. The two develop a friendship quickly without much conversation or bonding, but have the always temporary chemistry necessary for their friendship to progress into a sexual relationship. The sex scenes are slow and sensual -as they should be for two young girls experiencing lesbianism for the first time. Despite their undying love confessions to each other, Theresa wakes up one morning to find Isabell has left the school, her room and desk replaced with another student. She never see's Isabell again.
IMDB:tt0063683