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L'Étudiante (1988)

L'Étudiante poster
Original title
L'étudiante
Directed by
Claude Pinoteau
Genre
comedy film, romance film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
12
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 269 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teaching student is studying for her final exams when she starts a romantic relationship with a musician. The affair threatens to distract her from her academic goals.

romanticlightheartedbittersweetfocusedcharmingtenderwhimsicalearnest

What happens

L'Étudiante (lit. 'The Student') is a 1988 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Claude Pinoteau, who co-wrote the screenplay with Danièle Thompson, and starring Sophie Marceau, Vincent Lindon, Élisabeth Vitali and Jean-Claude Leguay. An international co-production between France and Italy, the film follows an ambitious teaching student, busy preparing for her final exams, whose studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a musician. The film was released in French theaters on 10 October 1988 and recorded 1,583,067 admissions in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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