Dear distributors, Due to David Hamilton exceptional success at the last “Paris Photo” exhibition, WIDE is proud to present you one of his major works. If you feel that this movie could catch your attention or fulfil your company exigencies, do not hesitate to contact us for availabilities, screening VHS, and further information. With our best regards Matteo Lovadina WIDE Management 42Bis, rue de Lourmel – 75015 Paris T. 331 53 95 04 64 – F. 331 53 95 04 65 Email. wide@widemanagement.com Web. www.widemanagement.com TENDRES COUSINES aka Cousins in Love aka Tender Cousins aka Zärtliche Cousinen Directed by : David Hamilton (Une été à Saint-Tropez -1984, Premiers désirs - 1983) Cast : Thierry Tevini, Anja Schüte, Valérie Dumas, Évelyne Dandry, Elisa Servier, Jean-Yves Chatelais, Macha Méril, Hannes Kaetner, Silke Rein, Laure Dechasnel, Pierre Vernier, Jean Rougerie, Catherine Rouvel, Gaëlle Legrand, Anne Fontaine Production : Stéphan Films (FR); Filmédis (FR) Technical specifications : 92 minutes - Language: French - Colour: Colour Synopsis : Teenagers in a French farmhouse in 1939. An adult-oriented comedy which follows the exploits of two cousins coming of age in the beautiful French countryside. A young boy and girl fall in love as they compare the differences between the raunchy, open sexuality of the servants with that of the refined, repressed deviance of their respective families. With war eminent, the love between the two teens as well as the bonding of the two families grows more intense. Director’s comments : A distinction must be made between eroticism and pornography; the media have blurred the disparity to an unforgivable degree. For those intelligent enough to recognize the difference, erotica will continue to hold a unique fascination. Social evils should not be confused with the pursuit of true beauty. (David Hamilton) Comments : David Hamilton is above all an aesthete and a visual poet. Convinced that photography was at his best around the turn of the century, his aim is not to create anything "new" or "modern". According to him photography emerged out of painting and he deliberately wants to remain in this field. […] He is not a journalist nor a commercial photographer; he is an artist, filling the empty canvas with the subjective vision of reality. Out of the visual chaos he selects what affects him the most: purity, freshness, harmony, simplicity, innocence, all things untouched. Whether he is photographing young girls, landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, or architecture, he gives them all this dreamlike quality. […] He approaches the subject with full attention, grasps it, moulds it until it becomes his own, a timeless vision. (Gertrude Hamilton)