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Bilitis is a french film of genre Drama directed by David Hamilton released in USA on 7 october 1977 with Patti D'Arbanville
Bilitis (1977)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 october 1977
Length 1h35
OriginFrance
Themes Poésie, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Adaptation d'un poème, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating53%
Bilitis is a 1977 French romantic drama film, which was directed by photographer David Hamilton with a music score by Francis Lai. It starred Patti D'Arbanville and Mona Kristensen, Hamilton's first wife, as the title characters Bilitis and Melissa respectively.
The film was loosely based on a poem cycle by Pierre Louÿs entitled The Songs of Bilitis set in ancient Greece, although the film is set in modern Europe. The poems were meant to be autobiographical poems by the title character.
Synopsis
A teenage schoolgirl spends the summer with a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, and develops a lesbian crush on the wife. Meanwhile, she pursues a local teenage boy and tries to find a "suitable male lover" for the wife.Actors
Patti D'Arbanville
(Bilitis)
Bernard Giraudeau
(Lucas)
Mathieu Carrière
(Nikias)
Gilles Kohler
(Pierre)
Irka Bochenko
(Prudence)
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