Underplayed Gems

Paradise (1982)

Paradise poster
Directed by
Stuart Gillard
Genre
drama film, romance film, teen film, coming-of-age film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 136 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two teenagers find themselves alone in a desert oasis after their traveling party is attacked. They learn to survive in the wilderness and develop a romantic relationship.

romanticadventurousinnocentidyllicsun-drenchedlight-heartedteen-friendly

What happens

Paradise is a 1982 Canadian adventure-romance film written and directed by Stuart Gillard (in his directorial debut). It stars Phoebe Cates, Willie Aames, and Tuvia Tavi. The original music score was composed by Paul Hoffert. "Theme from Paradise" was written and produced by Joel Diamond and L. Russell Brown and sung by Cates. The film was critiqued at the time as a "knockoff" of the more famous The Blue Lagoon, as it shared a similar story to the 1980 film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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