I Start Counting (1969)

Directed by

David Greene

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl living in a British suburb begins to believe her older stepbrother might be a serial killer. As she investigates, she struggles with her own feelings for him and the danger of being wrong.

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What happens

I Start Counting is a 1970 coming-of-age drama thriller film directed by David Greene and starring Jenny Agutter and Bryan Marshall. It was written by Richard Harris. The film's plot follows a teenage girl who comes to suspect that her adult stepbrother is a serial killer. It was based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Audrey Erskine Lindop. The film was moderately controversial because of Agutter's squeaky-clean image and youth (16, playing a 14-year-old), when coupled with the film's sexual content, including a title sequence in which the camera lingers over Agutter as she gets dressed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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