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Het Debuut (1977)

Drama | 94 minutes
2,42 143 votes

Genre: Drama / Romance

Duration: 94 minuten

Alternative title: The Debut

Country: Netherlands

Directed by: Nouchka van Brakel

Stars: Marina de Graaf, Gerard Cox and Kitty Courbois

IMDb score: 5,8 (607)

Releasedate: 18 May 1977

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Het Debuut plot

A schoolgirl falls in love with her uncle-in-law when he visits for a party. Besides having fun on the beach, where they are all flying kites, she also gets her first sexual experiences with him, but this debut must be kept a secret from his wife and her parents, because no one will accept their pleasure, not even her best friend. . Film adaptation of Hester Albach's novel of the same name.

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sinterklaas

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Of course I will continue to enjoy old and new Dutch films. I also saw Het Debuut, of which I saw the "I lost my virginity" scene a few years earlier in a program about NL directors (2007 I think). The film itself was certainly not bad and again typical 70's blurring of norms, and this time also with a sexual relationship with an age difference of no less than 30 years. Was it legal in the 70's to fuck "horny little girls" of 14 in their forties?

What follows is a teetering, fickle relationship (yes, logical) that goes worse than De Caro expected due to emotions and the age difference. Caro is also beautifully portrayed as a naive girl who goes too fast, and then Hugo, who as a 44-year-old guy couldn't keep his hands off that girl. And yes, then things go wrong.

I didn't expect much from the film, but Het Debuut is still very fascinating at many times with its many oops moments. It is also always nice to see in Dutch films what it was like here in the 70s.

Otherwise a great Dutch film

3.5*

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BBarbie

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Somewhat disappointing film adaptation of Hester Albach's stimulating debut novel (very controversial at the time). Also the debut of Marina de Graaf, who does a fine job although she is actually a bit too old for the role. Kitty Courbois is also doing well, albeit in a modest role. But the rest of the cast drags down the quality of the Lolita-like story and therefore of the film by acting extremely poorly. I think the choice of Gerard Cox for the role of the older lover is a mistake.

All in all, it's a shame because Albach's semi-autobiographical book could have resulted in a very interesting and intriguing film. It's not that now.

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xxERWINxx

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Watched it again today, this time on a beautifully restored Blu-ray!

I managed to get my hands on it via Amazon and the image quality is very good.

The film does have a nice story with a young girl who falls in love with an older man, Marina de Graaf was a very beautiful appearance at the time, these films could no longer be made now.

Not much else happens, but it remains interesting until the end.

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