Friends

Friends
Directed by	Lewis Gilbert
Produced by	Lewis Gilbert
Written by	Lewis Gilbert Vernon Harris Jack Russell
Starring	Sean Bury Anicée Alvina
Cinematography	Andréas Winding
Editing by	Anne V. Coates
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	March 24, 1971 (USA)
Running time	101 min.
Language	English

Friends is a 1971 film directed by Lewis Gilbert and written by Gilbert, Vernon Harris and Jack Russell. Though the movie was a flop, the soundtrack by Elton John and Bernie Taupin was a success, and was released as the Friends album. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Film - English Language at the 1972 Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture at the 1972 Grammy Awards.

Plot

In this teen romance, a young neglected English boy (Sean Bury) runs away and becomes friends with a French girl (Anicée Alvina) in the same flight. Together, they go to an idyllic marsh location in France (the Camargue), become lovers, set up housekeeping, have a baby, and play at being responsible adults, discovering along the way many of the troubles involved before ultimately becoming separated by Police responding to a missing persons report.

The film found a significant niche audience with its idyllic portrayal of teen love, and quite possibly due to its inclusion of frontal nudity of the then-17-year-old female protagonist (who was portrayed as 14 in the film).

Sequel

This was enough to justify the 1974 sequel, Paul and Michelle, in which the young family is reunited and has to cope with a new love interest for the girl, and the difficulties of work and college while trying to maintain a family.

Cast

• Sean Bury ..... Paul Harrison
• Anicée Alvina ..... Michelle La Tour
• Ronald Lewis ..... Mr. Harrison
• Toby Robins ..... Mrs. Gardner
• Joan Hickson ..... Lady in Bookstore
• Pascale Roberts ..... Annie
• Sady Rebbot ..... Pierre

External links

• Friends at the Internet Movie Database
• Paul and Michelle at the Internet Movie Database