Paul, a rich English boy, and Michelle, an orphaned French girl, run away from home to a remote beach. Living on their own, their friendship grows into love.
Cinematography
Golden-hour beach porn before that was even a term.
Score
Bee Gees soundtrack slaps harder than the plot.
Director
Lewis Gilbert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lewis Gilbert made this between Alfie and The Spy Who Loved Me—quite the whiplash.
The 1971 'free love' fantasy curdled fast; Gilbert's 1974 sequel 'Paul and Michelle' shows the wreckage.
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