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Goodbye First Love

Goodbye First Love

Drama · Romance · 2011

A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.

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Goodbye First Love

2011 Drama · Romance 1h 48m

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6.2 / 10

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A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Mia Hansen-Løve

Written by

Mia Hansen-Løve

Lola Créton

Lola Créton

Camille

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Sullivan

Valérie Bonneton

Valérie Bonneton

Camille's Mother

Magne-Håvard Brekke

Magne-Håvard Brekke

Lorenz

Serge Renko

Serge Renko

Camille's Father

Özay Fecht

Özay Fecht

Sullivan's Mother

M

Max Ricat

Sullivan's Brother

Court is in session

Put Goodbye First Love on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.