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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Mia Hansen-Love’s Goodbye First Love

Extremely touched by her previous, searing and honest portrait (her third film was my introduction to the director), and so I’m looking forward in seeing what’s next in store especially with what appears to be an emotionally gripping, adolescence and moving in adulthood type structure.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 15, 2011

#21. Goodbye First Love

Director/Writer: Mia Hansen-Love
Producers: David Thion
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: Spring 1999. Camille 15 (Lola Creton), Sullivan 19, love each other passionately, but Sullivan wants to go to South America for a year and this project drives Camille to despair. In fall he leaves and slowly stops writing to her. After a suicide attempt, Camille ends up in hospital. 2003, four years have passed. Camille works, studies architecture and lives on her own…(more)

Cast: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky and Magne-Håvard Brekke

List Worthy Reasons…: Extremely touched by her previous, searing and honest portrait (her third film was my introduction to the director), and so I’m looking forward in seeing what’s next in store especially with what appears to be an emotionally gripping, adolescence and moving in adulthood type structure.

Release Date/Status?: Receiving a release in France at the top of June, this is Cannes bound and in North America, it should follow the same trajectory of Father of My Children.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).