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The Cousin (1974)

The Cousin poster
Original title
La cugina
Directed by
Aldo Lado
Genre
erotic film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
VM18
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of young people in 1950s Sicily as they navigate first loves and sexual awakenings. It centers on a teenage boy and his cousin, exploring their innocent but growing attraction.

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What happens

The Cousin (Italian: La cugina, same meaning but with feminine expressed) is a 1974 Italian romance film by the director Aldo Lado, with a score by Ennio Morricone. From a novel by Ercole Patti, it tells the coming of age stories of a group of young people in Sicily in the 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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