The Debut (Het Debuut) - [DVD]

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The forbidden-love story THE DEBUT (1977) was the first full-length feature from pioneering filmmaker Nouchka van Brakel. Following the theme of Stanley Kubrick's LOLITA (1962) and Michael Powell's AGE OF CONSENT (1969), only this time told from a female perspective, van Brakel's THE DEBUT (1977) tells the delicate story of the impossible love between a teenage girl and a middle-aged married man. Based on the controversial novel by Hester Albach, THE DEBUT is a subversive comedy-drama and the first commercially successful Dutch theatrical film directed by a woman. REVIEW At long last, a movie that improves upon the book. --SkoopThe film owes the presence of MARINA DE GRAAF as Carolien, to the fact that THE DEBUT is well worth watching. A true discovery, that girl. Precisely directed by Nouchka van Brakel into a true creation! --ElsevierThe introduction of the characters is so good, the narrative method in film images so adequate, the choice of characteristic human details so striking that the spectator is completely captivated by THE DEBUT. --Haagse Courant