Favourite swimming/lake scenes

[Davros6]

Pia Piano (2022)
Johanna Schneider 12

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[deadman]

14 yo Inger Axö in Mästerdetektiven och Rasmus (1953)

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[deadman]

12 yr old Kleopatra Rota in two scenes from Mikres Afrodites (1963) [a.k.a Young Aphrodites]. But really, most of the movie takes place around water, and they might as well have had her topless throughout the film, for all the coverage that tunic (or whatever it is) provides.


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[Quickone]

Missed One, Walkabout 1971 (Remastered) (You are all grounded!) Jenny Agutter (16)

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[Davros6]

Missed One, Walkabout 1971 (Remastered) (You are all grounded!) Jenny Agutter (16)

Have a look on the first page

[Davros6]

For lake scenes, Superbiester/Une glace avec deux boules came to mind. Something about the more casual ones makes me happy, though in this case the characters wouldn't do this with more people around.

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I forgot about this one, the first time I saw this film it was on YouTube.

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[deadman]

For lake scenes, Superbiester/Une glace avec deux boules came to mind. Something about the more casual ones makes me happy, though in this case the characters wouldn't do this with more people around.

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I forgot about this one, the first time I saw this film it was on YouTube.

Superbiester (1982) [a.k.a. Une glace avec deux boules...] was released on a limited edition blu-ray which is impossible to get hold of now. It sold out quickly. If anyone can find it on a private tracker or other source, we would all appreciate that! You'd think at least one person who ordered the disc would have ripped and shared it.

14 year old Valérie Dumas goes for a little swim. You may remember her from Tendres cousines (1980) as the only female relative that cousin Julien didn't sleep with.

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[mgray]

So I'm just curious, if anyone knows, what's the deal with the Girl and the Echo? It feels like a an old Fable or something, was it just a popular movie? I really like the story, interesting themes, spooky atmosphere. I'm talking about the 1964 one in particular. I always get frustrated when the boy chickens out and betrays her.

[Night457]

I won't pretend I have any real knowledge or insight into Soviet films in general or this one in particular, other than I have seen it and like it too. I don't know about box office popularity but it was award winning, and the schoolmates of the lead actress knew about the movie and teased her about the nude scenes which had not bothered her when she was filming. As for the behaviour of our lead unheroic hero my only real thought is "Well, young boys and peer pressure..." Other people have more insights into the story, and I discovered some fairly short reading that express them far better than I could.

1964 Lithuanian version at FLM: https://www.first-loves.com/forums/view ... f=21&t=297
Wikipedia says "It is based on a short story Echo by Yury Nagibin, who also wrote the screenplay."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_and_the_Echo
(Includes a well-written complete plot synopsis that is best read AFTER seeing the film.)
Good review of the film: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw1532003/? ... urv_perm_1

1972 Hungarian version at FLM: https://www.first-loves.com/forums/view ... 130&t=6633
(I like this one too.)

[citronleaf]

Thanks for the links for reading, Night457. I explored a little bit further and read the short Wiki on actress Lina Braknytė.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Braknyt%C4%97

A scene where she is depicted swimming nude was criticized by teachers from Klaipėda who requested city officials to forbid its distribution.

Apparently it was unpopular with some teachers, probably because it was popular with some boys in their classes.