
Goodbye First Love
2011 · Movie · NR · 108 min · ★ 6.2 · 82% critics
A teenager experiences the rush and pain of a first romance with someone a bit older, only to be left reeling when it ends. As the years pass, everyday life moves on, but the memory of that early love keeps pulling them back.
Also known as Goodbye, First Love.
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Details
- Original title
- Un amour de jeunesse
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-07-06
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (151 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an intimate, bittersweet look at first love and the long shadow it can cast, in a similar vein to One Fine Morning; Not for you if you need fast plots or upbeat romance.
Pros: tender coming-of-age; relatable heartbreak; emotional honesty | Cons: slow-burn pacing; lingering melancholy; narrow focus
Themes
- beach
- strike
- paris, france
- letter
- architecture
- teenage love
- first love
- woman director
- teenage romance
- teenager
Cast & crew

Lola Créton
as Camille

Sebastian Urzendowsky
as Sullivan

Valérie Bonneton
as Camille's Mother

Magne-Håvard Brekke
as Lorenz

Serge Renko
as Camille's Father

Özay Fecht
as Sullivan's Mother
- MR
Max Ricat
as Sullivan's Brother
- LD
Louis Dunbar
as Friend

Philippe Paimblanc
as The first antique dealer
- PM
Patrice Movermann
as The second antique dealer
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve