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Jean Eustache’s second and final narrative feature, MY LITTLE LOVES, follows Daniel (Loeb) as he navigates the bewildering world of early adolescence. Living with his grandmother (Dufranne) in a sleepy village outside of Bordeaux, France, Daniel enjoys a carefree existence with his similarly innocent peers. But when his mother (Caven) arrives and relocates him to Narbonne, Daniel is prematurely thrust into adulthood: pulled out of school, he is forced to work for a surly mechanic and left to his own devices, spurring him to fall in with an older crowd that is far more experienced in dating and sex. Featuring a wonderfully nuanced performance by Loeb, MY LITTLE LOVES is a coming-of-age gem, surpassed only by Eustache’s own masterpiece, THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE.

“Compassionate but never sentimental, My Little Loves is an essential entry in the coming-of-age canon, a film that ennobles adolescence by so truthfully portraying its attendant indignities.” – Melissa Anderson, Village Voice