The Greengage Summer (1961)
(Loss of Innocence)
Country: GB
Technical: Eastmancolor 99m
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York, Jane Asher
Synopsis:
A young English girl awakens to the possibilities of life and love through a flirtation with an older man while on holiday in the Champagne region of France.
Review:
Classic growing-up film, sensitively directed and with a role an actor such as More was brave to assay even then. As further evidence that the Sixties had arrived, the screenplay touches on such matters as recreational sex, period pain and lesbianism. Above all, though, it is a beautiful early role for York who, at 21 playing 16, is both radiant and heartrending as she discovers the power of her sex and its capacity, like alcohol, to backfire on the user! Asher, who was nearly 16, is also impressive in support. Shot at Shepperton, when not on location, the Hôtel-Château's palatial interiors are well caught, though window views are unfortunately poorly processed.
(Loss of Innocence)
Country: GB
Technical: Eastmancolor 99m
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York, Jane Asher
Synopsis:
A young English girl awakens to the possibilities of life and love through a flirtation with an older man while on holiday in the Champagne region of France.
Review:
Classic growing-up film, sensitively directed and with a role an actor such as More was brave to assay even then. As further evidence that the Sixties had arrived, the screenplay touches on such matters as recreational sex, period pain and lesbianism. Above all, though, it is a beautiful early role for York who, at 21 playing 16, is both radiant and heartrending as she discovers the power of her sex and its capacity, like alcohol, to backfire on the user! Asher, who was nearly 16, is also impressive in support. Shot at Shepperton, when not on location, the Hôtel-Château's palatial interiors are well caught, though window views are unfortunately poorly processed.
(Loss of Innocence)
Country: GB
Technical: Eastmancolor 99m
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York, Jane Asher
Synopsis:
A young English girl awakens to the possibilities of life and love through a flirtation with an older man while on holiday in the Champagne region of France.
Review:
Classic growing-up film, sensitively directed and with a role an actor such as More was brave to assay even then. As further evidence that the Sixties had arrived, the screenplay touches on such matters as recreational sex, period pain and lesbianism. Above all, though, it is a beautiful early role for York who, at 21 playing 16, is both radiant and heartrending as she discovers the power of her sex and its capacity, like alcohol, to backfire on the user! Asher, who was nearly 16, is also impressive in support. Shot at Shepperton, when not on location, the Hôtel-Château's palatial interiors are well caught, though window views are unfortunately poorly processed.