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and Pauline Acquart in Water Lilies. Photo Courtesy: Haut et Court/IMDbTaking place over the course of a summer in a French suburb, this provocative and deftly written queer coming-of-age film explores the power of sexual attraction, but also the sort of nostalgia we have for our own adolescence. “With every glance I see memory forming in Anne, in Marie, in Floriane," writes Autostraddle's Drew Gregory. "I see moments they're not old enough to understand.
that will be revisited again and again until they do."The Country Email List Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho) (2014)Based on writer and director Daniel Ribeiro's 2010 short film I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho), The Way He Looks is a coming-of-age story set in Brazil. Leonardo (Ghilherme Lobo), a blind high schooler, is frustrated with his overbearing parents and lamenting the fact that he hasn't kissed anyone yet. Leonardo tells his best friend, Giovana (Tess Amorim), that he's afraid nobody wants to kiss him.
ADVERTISEMENTGhilherme Lobo and Fábio Audi in The Way He Looks. Photo Courtesy: Vitrine Films/Lacuna Filmes/IMDbAnd then, one day, a new student shows up at school. Pretty quickly, Leonardo bonds with this newbie, Gabriel (Fábio Audi). The tentative, slow-burn romance that follows is cute — and there’s an exhilarating scene with the teens on a bike that really captures all the bluster of young love.The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)Based on emily m. danforth's coming-of-age novel of the same name,
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