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The Debut

Original title: Het debuut
  • 1977
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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The Debut (1977)
DramaRomance

The delicate story of the impossible love between an older married man and a fourteen-year old schoolgirl.The delicate story of the impossible love between an older married man and a fourteen-year old schoolgirl.The delicate story of the impossible love between an older married man and a fourteen-year old schoolgirl.

  • Director
    • Nouchka van Brakel
  • Writers
    • Nouchka van Brakel
    • Carel Donck
    • Hester Albach
  • Stars
    • Marina de Graaf
    • Gerard Cox
    • Pleuni Touw
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    553
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nouchka van Brakel
    • Writers
      • Nouchka van Brakel
      • Carel Donck
      • Hester Albach
    • Stars
      • Marina de Graaf
      • Gerard Cox
      • Pleuni Touw
    • 6User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Marina de Graaf
    Marina de Graaf
    • Carolien
    Gerard Cox
    • Hugo
    Pleuni Touw
    • Rita…
    Kitty Courbois
    • Anne…
    Dolf de Vries
    • Dr. Peter…
    Wendy Ferwerda
    • Susan
    Sandrien van Brakel
    • Tanja…
    Pieter Fleury
    • Jacques
    Joop Keesmaat
    Judith Hees
    Simone Ettekoven
    Hans Kemna
    Adrian Brine
    Adrian Brine
      Yvette Merlin
      Mathilde Willink
      Daco de la Bretonnière
      Arnoud R.H. Lauxtermann
        • Director
          • Nouchka van Brakel
        • Writers
          • Nouchka van Brakel
          • Carel Donck
          • Hester Albach
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        • Trivia
          News of the film version began to pick up steam in November of 1976 when De Telegraph ran a full-page article on the film's casting. Nouchka van Brakel wanted an unknown for the lead as she considered it essential that the part not be played by a recognizable actress. A week before Christmas, 1976, De Telegraph announced the actress who Van Brakel had cast as Marina de Graaf.
        • Quotes

          Carolien Sanders, Tanja: [singing in a Christmas play] The Child was born in one piece because the abortion clinic had been closed.

        • Connections
          Featured in Allemaal film: De magie van het witte doek (2007)
        • Soundtracks
          Het Debuut
          (theme music)
          Written by Theun de Winter
          Interpreted by Ron Westerbeek with the group Water

        User reviews6

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        4/10

        Things you could get away with in 1978

        I was shocked to find out that this was a debut of a woman director. I was sure this movie was a male fantasy of older men being wanted by a younger woman, in this case , a 14 year old "woman" or child. Not sure what the age of consent is in Netherlands but most likely the whole story is based around a statutary rape. That's why I was shocked when I learnt this was made by a woman director.
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        • Release date
          • May 18, 1977 (Netherlands)
        • Country of origin
          • Netherlands
        • Language
          • Dutch
        • Also known as
          • İlk Aşk
        • Filming locations
          • Vossius Gymnasium, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands(Scenes at an highschool room, and the outside.)
        • Production companies
          • Sigma Film Productions
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 34 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Dolby
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.66 : 1

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