First Girl I Loved

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Movie
German title First Girl I Loved
Original title First Girl I Loved
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2016
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Kerem Sanga
script Kerem Sanga
production Seth Caplan ,
David Hunter ,
Ross Putman
music John Swihart
camera Ricardo Diaz
cut Shane Hazen
occupation

First Girl I Loved is an American coming-of-age - Drama from the year 2016 . Directed by Kerem Sanga , who also wrote the script. The main actors are Dylan Gelula , Brianna Hildebrand , Tim Heidecker and Pamela Adlon . The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival , where it won the Best of NEXT audience award .

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Anne is madly in love with Sasha, the coolest girl in her school. A secret she confides in her best friend Clifton. But he has had a secret crush on Anne for a long time and is now doing everything to intervene. When he tries to kiss Anne after he has been dumped by her several times, the two have sex. It remains unclear whether it is consensual sex. Ultimately, Anne pushes Clifton away to tell him that her secret crush is a girl and not a boy as expected. Clifton insults her and the two break off contact.

Using the pretext of doing research for the school newspaper, Anne visits Sasha, who plays on the school's softball team, and the two become friends. Clifton is still mourning Anne afterwards and in the course of his jealousy saw up Anne's bicycle lock, whereupon Anne's bicycle is stolen. Out of anger, Anne attacks Clifton in class the next day and is temporarily expelled from school. Clifton finds out that Anne is into Sasha and decides to ask Sasha out on a date herself.

When Anne stays with Sasha for the first time, Anne kisses Sasha. Sasha reacts confused and from then on begins to distance herself more and more from Anne. Sasha accepts Clifton's offer and the two enter into a relationship. After a while, Clifton feels used and breaks up. Anne tries to win Sasha over and openly admits her feelings, but Sasha remains aloof.

Desperate, Anne decides to print a picture in the school newspaper showing Sasha and Anne kissing. Then Anne, Sasha, Clifton and all parents are summoned to school for a discussion. There Sasha says that the photo and the kiss were not mutually agreed and that Anne kissed her against her will. Clifton, who is beginning to feel guilty about not clearly having consensual sex with Anne, takes the blame for the photo. Sasha changes her statement and says she doesn't know if the kiss was consensual. So Anne gets away with impunity.

Later, Anne visits Jasmine, the owner of a bar where Sasha and Anne spent a lot of time after school, and gets tested for HIV. The two reflect on what happened and Anne tells of another non-consensual sexual experience from her past. Anne now accepts that she is a lesbian. On her way home, she buys a new bike.

reception

The film received mostly positive reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , 89 percent of the 27 reviews evaluated were positive.

Kate Gößmann praised the work of director Kerem Sanga on Queergestreifen.de , who “succeeded in making an outstanding homage to first love including its adolescent trials and tribulations”. The film contains "moving emotions, longing and disappointments, insecurities and misunderstandings", peppered with "coolness and the unmistakable desire of young people to finally grow up". She also highlighted the actors' “great performance”, with leading actress Dylan Gelula, “who gives her character seldom seen depth and complexity”, particularly impressive.

At the Sundance Film Festival 2016 , the film received the audience award Best of NEXT .

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  1. ↑ Dominic Patten, Patrick Hipes: Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'Birth Of A Nation' Pulls Off Double Win, Gassy 'Swiss Army Man' Takes Directing Prize. In: Deadline. January 31, 2016, accessed June 22, 2019 .
  2. ^ First Girl I Loved (2016). In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
  3. ^ First Girl I loved. In: Queer Striped Film Festival. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
  4. ↑ First Girl I Loved. In: Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .