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UNITED STATES · 1973

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

Alan J. Pakula
coming of age unrequited love age difference romance self-discovery class differences
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While bicycling through the Spanish countryside, Walter, the aimless young son of a doctor, makes the acquaintance of proper, middle-aged, clumsy and secretive Lila. He falls in love with her, but she is resistant.

Year1973
CountryUnited States
DirectorAlan J. Pakula
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