American Taboo (1983)
- Directed by
- Steve Lustgarten
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- 4.2 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A thirty-something photographer starts a forbidden relationship with a teenage girl. The film follows the consequences of their romance.
melancholicslow-burnintimateunsettlingrawemotionaltensegritty
What happens
American Taboo is a 1983 American independent drama film directed by Steve Lustgarten. Its plot follows a thirty-something year old photographer who begins an illicit romance with a teenage girl. It won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Student Film for Lustgarten, a film student at Portland State University. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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