Monday, March 17, 2014

Two English Girls (1971)


TWO ENGLISH GIRLS  (1971)  
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    D: Francois Truffaut
    Jean-Pierre Leaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter,
    Sylvia Marriott, Marie Mansart, Philippe Leotard
A solemn young Frenchman travels to Wales, where he stays with and falls for the two English girls of the title. A brooding romance in which the three lead characters are as fated to fall in love as they are to be made miserable by it. Also, it's the early 20th century, and they've apparently got money, so they read books and play badminton and go for long walks and their manners are quite formal, and it takes them forever to come to terms with how they really feel. Nice location work in Wales, though. There are much worse places to fall desperately, miserably in love.