The story of the impossible love between a schoolgirl and a sixty-year-old painter.The story of the impossible love between a schoolgirl and a sixty-year-old painter.The story of the impossible love between a schoolgirl and a sixty-year-old painter.
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- TriviaThe movie began filming in August 1979, but did not debut theatrically until 1981. (It was shown at the Cannes Film Market in May 1980).
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Sarah Norton: Have you thought about going to bed with me?
Ashley St. Clair: Yes.
Sarah Norton: [walks over to the bed] Let's.
Ashley St. Clair: Obviously, no.
Sarah Norton: Why? Is it because you think I'm a virgin? Because if you think I am...
Ashley St. Clair: You are.
Sarah Norton: I am.
- Alternate versionsThe USA release was cut by 9 minutes due to censorship, and retitled "Obsession". The advertising tagline for this version was misleading: "In the tradition of Lolita...". The storyline, originally from Balzac's French novel, was not about a doomed "obsession" as in Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita", but about a love that knows no boundaries and one that rejuvenates the older painter. The American distributor who re-cut it didn't understand the intention of the film, and mistakenly saw it as prurient. This censored version currently (2020) circulates on streaming services such as Amazon Prime.
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reviewer didn't gt it..
Although the movie itself could have been a bit better in design the message was so very clear. This was a love story between two people old and young. true love is ageless and timeless if it is true. An old almost waisted painter finds new spirit and life again when he meets a very very young girl who believed in him and he soon begins to paint once more. She brought life and light back into his world in doing so she falls in love with the person who gave her kindness, tenderness and treated her with respect and honor. I am very glad that the director did not allow and physical relationship between the two in the movie although the feelings between them were there.
Granted I am a romantic and i loved this movie from the first time I had seen it.
Granted I am a romantic and i loved this movie from the first time I had seen it.
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- michael-2539
- Feb 9, 2007
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