Un amour de jeunesse (2011)

Director:

Mia Hansen-Løve

Writer:

Mia Hansen-Løve (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 July 2011 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A chronicle of the romance between Camille and Sullivan, which begins during their adolescence and picks up after Sullivan's 8-year absence from exploring the world. |

Plot Keywords:

Paris France | Nudity | Letter | Architecture Student | Architecture

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Lola Créton	...	Camille
Sebastian Urzendowsky	...	Sullivan
Magne-Håvard Brekke	...	Lorenz (as Magne Håvard Brekke)
Valérie Bonneton	...	La mère de Camille
Serge Renko	...	Le père de Camille
Özay Fecht	...	La mère de Sullivan
Max Ricat	...	Le frère de Sullivan
Louis Dunbar	...	Un ami
Philippe Paimblanc	...	Le 1er antiquaire
Patrice Movermann	...	Le 2e antiquaire
Arnaud Azoulay	...	Le frère de Camille
Amélie Robin	...	Amie du lycée
Justine Dhouilly	...	Amie du lycée
Charlotte Faivre	...	La chef des hôtesses
François Buot	...	Le prof d'histoire
Elisabeth Guill	...	La prof d'anglais
Marie-Hélène Peyrat	...	La prof de français
Guy-Patrick Sainderichin	...	Le prof d'architecture
Grégoire Strecker	...	Le night-clubber
Jean-Paul Dubois	...	L'entrepreneur en démolition
Eric Fraticelli	...	Le chef de chantier
Frédéric Liévain	...	Le médecin
Sébastien Besse	...	Employé agence Lorenz
Germain Bouvet	...	Employé agence Lorenz
Christine Tuillier	...	Employé agence Lorenz
Anne Agbadou-Masson	...	Employé agence Lorenz
Olivier Yglesias	...	Employé agence Lorenz
Nicolas Syk	...	Employé agence Lorenz
Bruno Mary	...	Personne visite sanatorium
Antoine Campo	...	Personne visite sanatorium
Marc Pierret	...	Personne visite sanatorium
Arno Feffer	...	Personne visite sanatorium
Clara Boucheny	...	Etudiante architecture
Sullivan Caristan	...	Etudiant architecture
Salina Chen	...	Etudiante architecture
Marina Della Paolera	...	Etudiante architecture
Anne-Sophie de Sèze	...	Etudiante architecture
Louison Hacquin	...	Etudiante architecture
Pauline Lorillard	...	Etudiante architecture
Jules Messaud	...	Etudiante architecture
Alexandre Naeder	...	Etudiant architecture
Matisse Bélusa	...	Etudiant architecture
Gabriel Coin	...	Etudiant architecture
Raphaël Kadid	...	Etudiant architecture
Camille Lauras	...	Etudiante architecture
Ludovic Legrand	...	Etudiant architecture
Martin Lepoutre	...	Etudiant architecture
Aurore Montaut	...	Etudiante architecture
Elsa Nougues	...	Etudiante architecture
Héloïse Paliwoda	...	Etudiante architecture
Aude Paristet	...	Etudiante architecture
Margot Point	...	Etudiante architecture
François Ricrot	...	Etudiant architecture
Yuanchen Zhang	...	Etudiante architecture
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Loic Haetty	...	Le chef de gare
Gregoire Akcelrod	...	Voyageur (uncredited)

Directed by
Mia Hansen-Løve

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mia Hansen-Løve		screenplay

Produced by
Philippe Martin	....	producer
Gerhard Meixner	....	co-producer
Géraldine Michelot	....	associate producer
Roman Paul	....	co-producer
David Thion	....	producer

Cinematography by
Stéphane Fontaine

Film Editing by
Marion Monnier

Casting by
Antoinette Boulat
Elsa Pharaon

Production Design by
Mathieu Menut

Costume Design by
Bethsabée Dreyfus

Makeup Department
Milou Sanner	....	additional hair stylist
Michel Vautier	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Hélène Bastide	....	production manager
Marcus Beger	....	assistant set manager
Matthew Brown	....	set manager
Stéphanie Delbos	....	unit manager
Sébastien Didelot	....	assistant unit manager
Antek Graczyk	....	assistant unit manager
Nina Kharytonova	....	second assistant production manager
Lissi Muschol	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luc Bricault	....	first assistant director
Marie Doller	....	second assistant director
Hélène Fabre	....	crowd assistant director
Arnaud Giacomini	....	additional assistant director
Delphine Heude	....	second assistant director
Florian Kuhn	....	assistant director
Mathieu Laemlé	....	location assistant director
Juliette Maillard	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Toma Baqueni	....	property master

Sound Department
Laurent Boudaud	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sylvie Fortin	....	adr editor
Olivier Goinard	....	sound mixer
Alain Lévy	....	post-synchronisation
Stéphane Mercier	....	boom operator
Marc Parazon	....	boom operator
Pierre Picq	....	boom operator
Vincent Vatoux	....	sound editor
Vincent Vatoux	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Cédric Fayolle	....	visual effects supervisor
Damien Hurgon	....	digital compositor
Sabine Lineres	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Assié	....	gaffer
Brice Bailly	....	electrician
Christophe Bassoulet	....	electrician
Thibaut Bertrand	....	video assist
Carole Bethuel	....	still photographer
Eric Blanckaert	....	first assistant camera
Wolfgang Borrs	....	still photographer
Tilman Büttner	....	steadicam operator
Jean-Pierre Deschamps	....	key grip
Sarah Dubien	....	video assistant
Henning Gebhardt	....	electrician
Valentina Iorio	....	second dolly grip
Marion Koch	....	second assistant camera
Kevin Laot	....	second assistant camera (segment)
Johannes Louis	....	camera operator: second unit, Germany

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anske Lipinski	....	dresser

Editorial Department
Sanabel Cherqaoui	....	assistant editor
Marie Granel	....	post-production assistant
Clément Guégan	....	digital conformation
Isabelle Julien	....	colorist
Julia Maby	....	assistant editor
Juliette Mallon	....	post-production coordinator
Mathilde Van de Moortel	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Pascal Mayer	....	music consultant

Transportation Department
Florian Müßener	....	production driver
Felix Offermann	....	production driver
Stephan Springer	....	production driver

Other crew
Tony Arnoux	....	press relations
Roselyne Bellec	....	script supervisor
Mathilde Boisgontier	....	production accountant
Lucie Fichot	....	production assistant
Lionel Guerrini	....	location scout
Johanna Hazan	....	production secretary
David Hedrich	....	production assistant
Florence Lemoine	....	production accountant
Jessica Obela	....	production secretary
Tiphaine Oudin	....	production secretary
André-Paul Ricci	....	press relations
Betty Schmidt	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Les Films Pelléas
• Razor Film Produktion GmbH (as Razor Films)
• arte France Cinéma (co-production)
• WDR / Arte (co-production)
• Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (co-production)
• Jouror Productions (co-production)
• Arte France (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (participation)
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (participation)
• Région Ile-de-France (support)
• Région Rhône-Alpes (support)
• Cinémage 5 (in association with)
• Cofimage 22 (in association with)

Distributors

• Les Films du Losange (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Alambique Destilaria de Ideias Unipessoal (2011) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Imovision (2011) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Lumière Productie (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Lumière (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sundance Selects (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Artificial Eye (2011) (UK) (all media)
• Frenetic Films (2011) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Kurmaca Film (2012) (Turkey) (all media)
• Palace Films (2011) (Australia) (all media)
• Teodora Film (2011) (Italy) (all media)

Other Companies

• Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée (CNC)  funding
• Cofimage  funding
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding
• Région Ile-de-France  funding
• Sofica Cinemage  funding

Also Known As:

"Goodbye First Love" - International (English title) (imdb display title)
"Adeus, Primeiro Amor" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"Elveda Ilk Ask" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Enas neanikos eotas" - Greece (festival title)
"Um Amor de Juventude" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Viszlát első szerelem" - Hungary

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

France | Germany

Language:

French | German | Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:6 | Ireland:15A | Portugal:M/12 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Ardèche, France

Company:

Les Films Pelléas

Delightful

Louis Garrel recently made his first feature film as director, Le Petit Tailleur, in an interview afterwards he admitted that his film was of a Paris that did not exist anymore, where the young went to the theatre to see Kleist. His film, as this one, contains a nostalgia for the New Wave. This is tacitly admitted in Goodbye First Love when Sullivan mentions that he went to a party in the suburbs where kids went to have sex and take drugs, a piece of shrapnel that doesn't fit in the jigsaw of this movie. The young of the developed world live with their eyes burnt out.

Goodbye First Love tells the story of Camille, in love with Sullivan, and how she copes with losing that love and moving on with her life. There's something pristine about the way that young animals love and lust together, narcotic and somewhat illusory, but on the threshold of paradise; and actually the most astonishing part of the film practically occurs in an Eden. One its successes is the casting of two actors who have an obvious sexual compatibility, which lends credibility to the treatment.

Mature love comes, but lies in the cradle of shared creativity and mutual respect, which should represent a superannuation of first love; but flesh is not just. For Camille, riding on the pannier rack of Sullivan's bicycle and grasping his body will always be the seed of her crystal.

Goodbye First Love, by the way, is an incredible aesthetic treat (my favourite part may well have been when the two rake over the ashes of their love, lying together likes ravens in a shattered tower, all a creation of capturing colour carefully). I felt privileged to have watched it, to have been let inside what's a meagerly-camouflaged auto-biography from Mia Hansen-Løve. I may well love and be loved back one day, but it won't be the Hamelin song that Mia has let me see, and I'm grateful to her for this facsimile.