Goodbye First Love

Following the critically acclaimed Father if my Children, Mia Hansen-Løvereturns with the equally impressive Goodbye First Love.  Loosely auto-biographical in style, the film deals with what Hansen-Løve has described as the defining and central part of her adolescence.  The blooming of first love, subsequent heartbreak and renewal are portrayed with a simple directness of stye which nevertheless allow the complexity of emotions to be given full range. Lola Créton (Bluebeard), playing the central character of Camille, creates an incredibly subtle performance allowing the audience to embrace our protagonists growth into maturity and personal liberation.