It Felt Like Love

2013 1h 22m EN

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5.5

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★5.5TMDB · 66

Drama

Synopsis

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14-year-old Lila spends a languid South Brooklyn summer playing third wheel to her promiscuous friend Chiara and Chiara’s boyfriend Patrick. Eager for her own sexual awakening, Lila gamely decides to pursue the older, thuggish Sammy, rumored to sleep with anyone.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gina Piersanti
Lila
Ronen Rubinstein
Sammy
Jesse Cordasco
Patrick
Giovanna Salimeni
Chiara
Andrew McCord
Zach
Case Prime
Nate
Nick Rosen
Devon
Kevin Anthony Ryan
Lila's Father

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Eliza Hittman
Writers: Eliza Hittman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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82 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Eliza Hittman, shot by Sean Porter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Carlos Marques-Marcet shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Gina Piersanti and Ronen Rubinstein and Jesse Cordasco carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2328922 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Eliza Hittman directs. Sean Porter behind the camera. Carlos Marques-Marcet cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Directed by Eliza Hittman, shot by Sean Porter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Carlos Marques-Marcet shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Gina Piersanti and Ronen Rubinstein and Jesse Cordasco carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt2328922 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Sean Porter
Editing: Carlos Marques-Marcet
Production design: James Boxer
Costume design: Sarah Maiorino
Sound: Nathan Ruyle
Runtime: 82 min · 1h 22m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: It Felt Like Love (2013)

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Andre Wilfred Sanders2023-03-28
★ 5/10
Depicting adolescence as if it were a soul without a body Perhaps what you see, Gina Piersanti's performance was good and deserves praise, but there is something lacking in perfection and being within the category of good movies. Going through it during her life. The scenario depicted this age stage as a passion that is always accompanied by lethargy and laziness. There was no passion, there was no life indicating joy, even if Gina's character in the movie was based on introversion and shyness, but she lacked the vitality that any human being has in this age group. . The director portrayed the youthful stage as a period of old age and boredom with this new age stage. The film depicted the teenage stage as if it were a soul without a body always, and this needs you to say that it is wrong.

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