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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like A Little Romance, it treats first love from a young person’s perspective with unusual tenderness, mixing sunlit rural beauty, family friction, and an emotionally sincere coming-of-age tone.
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Why this pick
Its alternating young viewpoints capture the awkward bravery and idealism of first love, balancing gentle comedy with genuine emotional stakes and a warmly nostalgic visual style.
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Why this pick
A warmly observed childhood story where friendship edges toward first romance, carried by youthful curiosity, vivid period atmosphere, and emotional honesty rather than adult-style cynicism.
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Why this pick
Though less romance-centered, it shares the lyrical, child-led sense of adventure and old-fashioned emotional warmth, with young characters finding freedom beyond controlling adults.
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Why this pick
A stylized but deeply sympathetic portrait of two children running toward their own romantic adventure, with eccentric adult interference, storybook imagery, and an affectionate old-fashioned sensibility.
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01 / THE STORY
Lauren King (Diane Lane) is a highly "book-smart" and affluent 13-year-old American girl living in Paris with her mother (Sally Kellerman), who works in the movie business, and stepfather (Arthur Hill (actor)). Daniel Michon (Thelonious Bernard) is a "street-smart" 13-year-old French boy who also lives in Paris with his father, a taxi driver. The two meet in the Vaux-le-Vicomte, where a movie Lauren's mother is working on is being filmed and where Daniel is taking a school trip, and fall in love. Lauren's mother fiercely objects to the romance. Daniel punches George, a sleazy friend of Lauren's mother, at Lauren's birthday party for making a crude innuendo about Lauren, and the two are forbidden to date. Lauren and Daniel soon meet Julius Santorin (Laurence Olivier), a quirky but kind elderly man, literally by accident. Daniel is unimpressed by him, but he fascinates Lauren with stories of his life, telling of a tradition that if a couple kiss in a gondola beneath the Bridge of Sighs in Venice at sunset while the church bells toll, they will be in love forever.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Kay King
Brod
George de Marco
Cashier
Julius
Lauren King
Richard King
