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Goodbye First Love
Goodbye First Love
	Film poster
Directed by	Mia Hansen-Løve
Screenplay by	Mia Hansen-Løve
Produced by	Phillipe Martin; David Thion
Starring	Lola Créton; Sebastian Urzendowsky; Magne-Håvard Brekke
Cinematography	Stéphane Fontaine
Edited by	Marion Monnier
Distributed by	Les Films du Losange
Release date	6 July 2011 (France);
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	France; Germany;
Language	French
Budget	€4 million
Box office	$64,925

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Goodbye First Love (Template:Lang-fr) is a 2011 Franco-German film directed by Mia Hansen-Løve.^[3] It was selected for the main competition section at the 2011 Locarno International Film Festival.

Plot

Camille (Lola Créton) is 15 years old and passionately in love and lust with her boyfriend Sullivan (Sebastian Urzendowsky), who is 19. Sullivan is planning a 10-month trip to South America with his friends. He is not taking Camille with him, which makes her feel insecure and resentful. She irritates Sullivan by repeatedly insisting that he doesn't love her because he is leaving her. Before Sullivan departs, they spend one last idyllic getaway in Camille's mountain home in the Ardèche. Though the vacation starts off happily, Camille grows unhappy when Sullivan is away too long on an errand and leaves her alone. After a brief fight, they reconcile, and Sullivan promises to always love her.

Eventually Sullivan leaves for his trip, leaving Camille despondent. Though Camille regularly receives letters from Sullivan, they eventually take on an unhappy tone; eventually Sullivan reveals that he wants to break off their relationship, and he stops writing. A depressed Camille attempts suicide, but survives, and resolves to move on with her life.

Four years later, Camille staves off her loneliness with work and school, where she is studying architecture. During her studies, she gradually falls in love with her much older professor Lorenz (Magne Håvard-Brekke), in whom she sees a stable and secure influence and intellectual match. Four more years pass, and Camille, now with a career and a relationship with Lorenz, encounters Sullivan's mother by chance and reconnects with her old boyfriend. Coincidentally, on the day she meets with Sullivan and realizes that she is still attracted to him, she suffers a miscarriage.

When Lorenz leaves on a work trip, Camille and Sullivan begin an affair and confess that they never stopped loving each other. Consequently, her relationship with Lorenz becomes strained, especially when she secretly plans to take a trip to Sullivan's new home in Marseilles soon after Lorenz's return, under the guise of visiting a friend. However, a strike cancels her train. Though she is disappointed, a nonchalant Sullivan texts her saying that he is working anyway, and they can meet another time. Sometime later, Camille visits her mother, who gives her a letter recently sent by Sullivan. Sullivan writes that he dreamt of her while in bed with someone else, and dreamed that she was pregnant with his child. He says that they must break up because they are too early or too late to try being in love again, that he cannot bear the pain of their love, and that he hopes to find her again in the future. Camille is crushed.

Time passes, and Camille restores her relationship with Lorenz. Back at her mountain home in Ardèche, she invites him to the nearby river, and he tells her that he will meet her there shortly. She brings the hat that Sullivan had bought her for their own getaway years before, but unbeknowst to her as she plays in the river, it blows into the water and floats away as the film ends.

Cast

Lola Créton as Camille
Sebastian Urzendowsky as Sullivan
Magne-Håvard Brekke as Lorenz
Valérie Bonneton as Camille's mother
Serge Renko as Camille's father
Özay Fecht as Sullivan's mother

Production

Music

"Volver a los 17" by Violeta Parra
"Gracias a la vida" by Violeta Parra
"Little Ticks of Time" by Matt McGinn
"Music for a Found Harmonium" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
"Wasps in the Woodpile" by Andrew Cronshaw
"The Water" by Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling

Filming locations

Ardèche, France
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Kastrup, Amager, Denmark (sea baths)
Paris, France
Sanatorium d'Aincourt, Aincourt, Val-d'Oise, France

Critical response

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 83% based on reviews from 53 critics, with an average rating of 7.26/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Goodbye First Love captures teen ardor with a patiently naturalistic approach, further proving writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve is a major talent to watch."^[4] Metacritic gives the film a score of 80 out of 100 based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[5]

Awards and nominations

2011: Locarno International Film Festival: Special Mention
2011: Gijon Film Festival: Official Selection

References

^ Fabien Lemercier (2010-09-06). "Mia Hansen-Love tourne Un amour de jeunesse" (in French). Cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
^ "Un amour de jeunesse". JP's Box-Office.
^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 120. ISBN 978-1908215017.
^ "Un amour de jeunesse (Goodbye First Love) (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
^ "Goodbye First Love". Metacritic. CBS Interactive.

External links

[1] Fabien Lemercier (2010-09-06). "Mia Hansen-Love tourne Un amour de jeunesse" (in French). Cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2011-08-26.

[2] "Un amour de jeunesse". JP's Box-Office.

[3] Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 120. ISBN 978-1908215017.

[4] "Un amour de jeunesse (Goodbye First Love) (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

[5] "Goodbye First Love". Metacritic. CBS Interactive.

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 ==Plot==
+Camille (Lola Créton) is 15 years old and passionately in love and lust with her boyfriend Sullivan (Sebastian Urzendowsky), who is 19. Sullivan is planning a 10-month trip to South America with his friends. He is not taking Camille with him, which makes her feel insecure and resentful. She irritates Sullivan by repeatedly insisting that he doesn't love her because he is leaving her. Before Sullivan departs, they spend one last idyllic getaway in Camille's mountain home in the Ardèche. Though the vacation starts off happily, Camille grows unhappy when Sullivan is away too long on an errand and leaves her alone. After a brief fight, they reconcile, and Sullivan promises to always love her.
-{{long plot|date=January 2018}}
-Paris, 1999. Camille (Lola Créton) is 15 years old and passionately in love and lust with Sullivan (Sebastian Urzendowsky), who is 19. Sullivan is planning a 10-month trip to [[South America]] with his friends. He is not taking Camille with him, which makes her feel quite insecure and resentful. Her mother wants her to end her relationship with him since she's too young, while his mother doesn't like the idea of him leaving. He spends his time with his friends and making preparations for his departure which makes her feel neglected.
+Eventually Sullivan leaves for his trip, leaving Camille despondent. Though Camille regularly receives letters from Sullivan, they eventually take on an unhappy tone; eventually Sullivan reveals that he wants to break off their relationship, and he stops writing. A depressed Camille attempts suicide, but survives, and resolves to move on with her life.
-Before Sullivan departs, they spend some time in Camille's mountain home in the [[Ardèche]], riding horses through the fields, picking berries, basking in the sun and swimming in the [[Loire]]. One day while he is away for sometime, longer than expected, she finds herself very lonely. Upon his return she says that she doesn't want him to go saying she won't know what to do without him, that he will meet other women and forget about her. He assures her that none of that would happen since he loves her very much, adding that he's going for a reason, that they should have their own independent lives to live as well. They continue having fun together.
+Four years later, Camille staves off her loneliness with work and school, where she is studying architecture. During her studies, she gradually falls in love with her much older professor Lorenz (Magne Håvard-Brekke), in whom she sees a stable and secure influence and intellectual match. Four more years pass, and Camille, now with a career and a relationship with Lorenz, encounters Sullivan's mother by chance and reconnects with her old boyfriend. Coincidentally, on the day she meets with Sullivan and realizes that she is still attracted to him, she suffers a miscarriage.
-When they return in autumn, Sullivan leaves, leaving her very unhappy. School keeps her busy. He writes letters to Camille speaking of his travel experiences, how much he misses and loves her, while she marks his route on a map on her bedroom wall. In one of his letters, he says that he feels distant from his life in Paris, that he wants to disappear from her life since he doesn't want himself to mean anything to her, and nothing remains of what they had said in the past.
+When Lorenz leaves on a work trip, Camille and Sullivan begin an affair and confess that they never stopped loving each other. Consequently, her relationship with Lorenz becomes strained, especially when she secretly plans to take a trip to Sullivan's new home in Marseilles soon after Lorenz's return, under the guise of visiting a friend. However, a strike cancels her train. Though she is disappointed, a nonchalant Sullivan texts her saying that he is working anyway, and they can meet another time. Sometime later, Camille visits her mother, who gives her a letter recently sent by Sullivan. Sullivan writes that he dreamt of her while in bed with someone else, and dreamed that she was pregnant with his child. He says that they must break up because they are too early or too late to try being in love again, that he cannot bear the pain of their love, and that he hopes to find her again in the future. Camille is crushed.
-Time passes, and Sullivan stops writing. Camille enters in a state of depression and ends up at a hospital after trying to kill herself. But she moves on with her life. In 2003, four years have gone by and Camille is an [[architecture]] student. She has moved on with her life, cut her hair, has a job, and slowly begins to fall in love with her professor Lorenz ([[Magne Håvard-Brekke]]). Camille sees in Lorenz a stable man that has his life sorted out and makes her feel secure. She begins to work for Lorenz.
+Time passes, and Camille restores her relationship with Lorenz. Back at her mountain home in Ardèche, she invites him to the nearby river, and he tells her that he will meet her there shortly. She brings the hat that Sullivan had bought her for their own getaway years before, but unbeknowst to her as she plays in the river, it blows into the water and floats away as the film ends.
-After eight years Camille and Sullivan meet again and she finds herself caught in between her university professor whom she has developed tender feelings for and her first love, whom she has never really forgotten.
-One day on a bus with Lorenz, she runs into Sullivan's mother. She asks her if he's still in South America, to which she says that he returned some time ago. Camille gives her her contact number and asks Sullivan's mother to contact her if he would like to. Later she gets a text from him asking her to call him because he's too scared to call her. He runs into her on a street and they talk. He said that he had moved to Marseille about 3 years ago, was working as a photographer and would be opening up a company of his own, he didn't like Paris, but came there sometimes to meet his family, for work and had recently broken up with his girlfriend. She tells him that she's working for her architect boyfriend with whom she'll be moving in with and set up a company of her own. She suffers a miscarriage and is upset. Camille and Sullivan hang out in the evenings; going to bars and movies. She says she still loves him and doesn't know why, to which he says that she shouldn't be feeling that way. One evening when they meet, he says that she has been on her mind all week, loves her and misses her. With Lorenz out of the country, they check into a hotel and make love, after which they talk about how much they love and miss each other. They start having casual sex at her place and he tells her that she's being unfaithful, to which she says that she loves him. She buys a painting of a couple and a baby and gives it to him. He breaks down saying that he wanted her to be his wife and have kids with her.
-He leaves Paris asking her if she would like to visit him in Marseille, to see his place and meet his friends. He forgets to take the painting with him. Upon Lorenz's return, she tells him that she's going to Normandy with a friend, but secretly plans to go to Marseille instead to see Sullivan. She arrives at the station to find that her train is canceled because of a strike. Sullivan texts her asking her not to be sad, and tells her he was working and that they can meet another time. She returns to Paris and visits her mother, who has separated from her father. Her mother gives her a letter which is from Sullivan. He writes that he dreamt of her while in bed with someone else; that in the dream she was expecting their baby and that he wants to have a family with her. But he says that he's breaking up with her since he can't seem to bear the pain of his love for her, and that it is either too soon or too late for them to be together. Camille is crushed.
-Later, she looks for Lorenz around the house and finds him sitting outside. She asks him if he'll go with her to [[Loire]]. He asks her to take a hat and a stick and go and he'll follow a bit later. She takes the hat Sullivan gave her and leaves. While she is swimming in the river, a gust of wind blows the hat off the river bank and it floats away.
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