Bilitis is a 1977 French romantic drama film, which was directed by photographer David Hamilton with a music score by Francis Lai. It starred Patti D'Arbanville and Mona Kristensen, Hamilton's first wife, as the title characters Bilitis and Melissa respectively.
The film was loosely based on a poem cycle by Pierre Louÿs entitled The Songs of Bilitis set in ancient Greece, although the film is set in modern Europe. The poems were meant to be autobiographical poems by the title character.
Synopsis
A teenage schoolgirl spends the summer with a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, and develops a lesbian crush on the wife. Meanwhile, she pursues a local teenage boy and tries to find a "suitable male lover" for the wife.
Although Bilitis can be best described as a coming of age film, the title character, Bilitis, ends up returning to school at the end of the film, realizing that she is not yet ready for adulthood.
Production
The film was shot in the same soft focus style that was common of David Hamilton's photography and his other films.
Una de las melodías más bonitas,compuesta por Francis Lai.
published: 25 Apr 2015
Bilitis (1977) Official Reissue Trailer
Cult favorite Patti D’Arbanville (Andy Warhol’s Flesh, Big Wednesday and Rancho Deluxe) essays the title role in Bilitis, the directorial debut of photographer David Hamilton. Based on the erotic nineteenth century poetry of Pierre Louÿs, the film’s script was co-written by filmmaker and novelist Catherine Breillat (A Real Young Girl and Fat Girl). Spending the summer in the French countryside with elegant and beautiful family friend Barbara (Mona Kristensen), young Bilitis comes of age and learns valuable—if sometimes painful—lessons about intimacy, romance and love. D’Arbanville, who had been part of Warhol’s Factory and was the inspiration for some of Cat Stevens’ most beloved songs, effectively plays the sheltered young woman who becomes steadily wiser as the story progresses. The film...
published: 02 Feb 2022
Bilitis. Francis Lai
Bilitis (Patti D'Arbanville) is a boarding-school teenager on the verge of full erotic awakening, but during the summer she spends with a married couple in the 1930s the nearest she comes to exploring her sexuality is to be caught up in a sort of wave of sensuality.
Best remembered for his Oscar-winning scores to A Man and a Woman and Love Story, composer Francis Lai was born April 26, 1932, in Nice, France. From the French romantic drama film "Bilitis", which was directed by photographer David Hamilton with a music score by Francis Lai. The main song Bilitis was written by him and it was first released in 1977.
published: 11 Jul 2021
Bilitis
A version of the main theme from the 1977 film Bilitis on electric guitar
published: 03 Apr 2023
Франсис Лей - «Билитис» (главная тема к фильму «Билитис», 1977)
Композитор - Франсис Лей (1932 - 2018),
Главная тема из фильма «Билитис» (Франция, Италия, 1977),
Режиссёр - Дэвид Хэмилтон.
#ФрансисЛей #Билитис
published: 01 Nov 2022
BILITIS Trailer (Deutsch)
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Die 17-jährige Bilitis ist Schülerin an einem vornehmen Internat an der Côte d’Azur. Als sie kurz vor den Sommerferien den Fotografen Lucas kennenlernt, verliebt sie sich zum ersten Mal – traut sich jedoch nicht, den ersten Schritt zu machen. Während sie die schulfreien Tage bei ihrer älteren Freundin Melissa verbringt, beobachtet sie deren unerträglichen Ehemann dabei, wie er Melissa gewaltsam zu Intimitäten zwingt. Aus Trost und freundschaftlicher Hingabe entwickelt sich etwas zwischen den beiden jungen Frauen, das Bilitis’ Gefühle in Wallung geraten lässt ...
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published: 15 Mar 2022
Bilitis 1977 scene 4K
4K Bilitis 1977 scene
published: 19 Oct 2023
Spring Time Ballet / Bilitis (1977) - Edited for General Audience
Spring Time Ballet - Francis Lai
Bilitis (1977) - David Hamilton
Clip is edited for general audience.
Restored using the best available source.
published: 07 Mar 2016
Francis Lai - Scène d'amour (de Bilitis)
Bilitis, 1977
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adult
Countries: France, Italy
Director: David Hamilton
Cast: Patti D'Arbanville, Mona Christensen, Bernard Giraudeau
Cult favorite Patti D’Arbanville (Andy Warhol’s Flesh, Big Wednesday and Rancho Deluxe) essays the title role in Bilitis, the directorial debut of photographer ...
Cult favorite Patti D’Arbanville (Andy Warhol’s Flesh, Big Wednesday and Rancho Deluxe) essays the title role in Bilitis, the directorial debut of photographer David Hamilton. Based on the erotic nineteenth century poetry of Pierre Louÿs, the film’s script was co-written by filmmaker and novelist Catherine Breillat (A Real Young Girl and Fat Girl). Spending the summer in the French countryside with elegant and beautiful family friend Barbara (Mona Kristensen), young Bilitis comes of age and learns valuable—if sometimes painful—lessons about intimacy, romance and love. D’Arbanville, who had been part of Warhol’s Factory and was the inspiration for some of Cat Stevens’ most beloved songs, effectively plays the sheltered young woman who becomes steadily wiser as the story progresses. The film is considerably elevated by the sumptuous score by famed French composer Francis Lai (Love Story and A Man and a Woman), which became a worldwide best-selling record. Hamilton’s trademark soft focus photographic style is faithfully rendered on film by the cinematography of Bernard Daillencourt (Walerian Borowczyk’s Immoral Tales, La Marge and The Beast). Bilitis has been richly restored in 4K, from the original camera negative, for this first-ever North American Blu-ray edition.
Now fully restored and available on Blu-ray from Fun City Editions:
https://bit.ly/3IZ1EvO
Cult favorite Patti D’Arbanville (Andy Warhol’s Flesh, Big Wednesday and Rancho Deluxe) essays the title role in Bilitis, the directorial debut of photographer David Hamilton. Based on the erotic nineteenth century poetry of Pierre Louÿs, the film’s script was co-written by filmmaker and novelist Catherine Breillat (A Real Young Girl and Fat Girl). Spending the summer in the French countryside with elegant and beautiful family friend Barbara (Mona Kristensen), young Bilitis comes of age and learns valuable—if sometimes painful—lessons about intimacy, romance and love. D’Arbanville, who had been part of Warhol’s Factory and was the inspiration for some of Cat Stevens’ most beloved songs, effectively plays the sheltered young woman who becomes steadily wiser as the story progresses. The film is considerably elevated by the sumptuous score by famed French composer Francis Lai (Love Story and A Man and a Woman), which became a worldwide best-selling record. Hamilton’s trademark soft focus photographic style is faithfully rendered on film by the cinematography of Bernard Daillencourt (Walerian Borowczyk’s Immoral Tales, La Marge and The Beast). Bilitis has been richly restored in 4K, from the original camera negative, for this first-ever North American Blu-ray edition.
Now fully restored and available on Blu-ray from Fun City Editions:
https://bit.ly/3IZ1EvO
Bilitis (Patti D'Arbanville) is a boarding-school teenager on the verge of full erotic awakening, but during the summer she spends with a married couple in the ...
Bilitis (Patti D'Arbanville) is a boarding-school teenager on the verge of full erotic awakening, but during the summer she spends with a married couple in the 1930s the nearest she comes to exploring her sexuality is to be caught up in a sort of wave of sensuality.
Best remembered for his Oscar-winning scores to A Man and a Woman and Love Story, composer Francis Lai was born April 26, 1932, in Nice, France. From the French romantic drama film "Bilitis", which was directed by photographer David Hamilton with a music score by Francis Lai. The main song Bilitis was written by him and it was first released in 1977.
Bilitis (Patti D'Arbanville) is a boarding-school teenager on the verge of full erotic awakening, but during the summer she spends with a married couple in the 1930s the nearest she comes to exploring her sexuality is to be caught up in a sort of wave of sensuality.
Best remembered for his Oscar-winning scores to A Man and a Woman and Love Story, composer Francis Lai was born April 26, 1932, in Nice, France. From the French romantic drama film "Bilitis", which was directed by photographer David Hamilton with a music score by Francis Lai. The main song Bilitis was written by him and it was first released in 1977.
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Die 17-jährige B...
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Die 17-jährige Bilitis ist Schülerin an einem vornehmen Internat an der Côte d’Azur. Als sie kurz vor den Sommerferien den Fotografen Lucas kennenlernt, verliebt sie sich zum ersten Mal – traut sich jedoch nicht, den ersten Schritt zu machen. Während sie die schulfreien Tage bei ihrer älteren Freundin Melissa verbringt, beobachtet sie deren unerträglichen Ehemann dabei, wie er Melissa gewaltsam zu Intimitäten zwingt. Aus Trost und freundschaftlicher Hingabe entwickelt sich etwas zwischen den beiden jungen Frauen, das Bilitis’ Gefühle in Wallung geraten lässt ...
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#romance #ComingofAge #love
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Die 17-jährige Bilitis ist Schülerin an einem vornehmen Internat an der Côte d’Azur. Als sie kurz vor den Sommerferien den Fotografen Lucas kennenlernt, verliebt sie sich zum ersten Mal – traut sich jedoch nicht, den ersten Schritt zu machen. Während sie die schulfreien Tage bei ihrer älteren Freundin Melissa verbringt, beobachtet sie deren unerträglichen Ehemann dabei, wie er Melissa gewaltsam zu Intimitäten zwingt. Aus Trost und freundschaftlicher Hingabe entwickelt sich etwas zwischen den beiden jungen Frauen, das Bilitis’ Gefühle in Wallung geraten lässt ...
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#romance #ComingofAge #love
Bilitis, 1977
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adult
Countries: France, Italy
Director: David Hamilton
Cast: Patti D'Arbanville, Mona Christensen, Bernard Giraudeau
Bilitis, 1977
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adult
Countries: France, Italy
Director: David Hamilton
Cast: Patti D'Arbanville, Mona Christensen, Bernard Giraudeau
Bilitis, 1977
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adult
Countries: France, Italy
Director: David Hamilton
Cast: Patti D'Arbanville, Mona Christensen, Bernard Giraudeau
Cult favorite Patti D’Arbanville (Andy Warhol’s Flesh, Big Wednesday and Rancho Deluxe) essays the title role in Bilitis, the directorial debut of photographer David Hamilton. Based on the erotic nineteenth century poetry of Pierre Louÿs, the film’s script was co-written by filmmaker and novelist Catherine Breillat (A Real Young Girl and Fat Girl). Spending the summer in the French countryside with elegant and beautiful family friend Barbara (Mona Kristensen), young Bilitis comes of age and learns valuable—if sometimes painful—lessons about intimacy, romance and love. D’Arbanville, who had been part of Warhol’s Factory and was the inspiration for some of Cat Stevens’ most beloved songs, effectively plays the sheltered young woman who becomes steadily wiser as the story progresses. The film is considerably elevated by the sumptuous score by famed French composer Francis Lai (Love Story and A Man and a Woman), which became a worldwide best-selling record. Hamilton’s trademark soft focus photographic style is faithfully rendered on film by the cinematography of Bernard Daillencourt (Walerian Borowczyk’s Immoral Tales, La Marge and The Beast). Bilitis has been richly restored in 4K, from the original camera negative, for this first-ever North American Blu-ray edition.
Now fully restored and available on Blu-ray from Fun City Editions:
https://bit.ly/3IZ1EvO
Bilitis (Patti D'Arbanville) is a boarding-school teenager on the verge of full erotic awakening, but during the summer she spends with a married couple in the 1930s the nearest she comes to exploring her sexuality is to be caught up in a sort of wave of sensuality.
Best remembered for his Oscar-winning scores to A Man and a Woman and Love Story, composer Francis Lai was born April 26, 1932, in Nice, France. From the French romantic drama film "Bilitis", which was directed by photographer David Hamilton with a music score by Francis Lai. The main song Bilitis was written by him and it was first released in 1977.
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Die 17-jährige Bilitis ist Schülerin an einem vornehmen Internat an der Côte d’Azur. Als sie kurz vor den Sommerferien den Fotografen Lucas kennenlernt, verliebt sie sich zum ersten Mal – traut sich jedoch nicht, den ersten Schritt zu machen. Während sie die schulfreien Tage bei ihrer älteren Freundin Melissa verbringt, beobachtet sie deren unerträglichen Ehemann dabei, wie er Melissa gewaltsam zu Intimitäten zwingt. Aus Trost und freundschaftlicher Hingabe entwickelt sich etwas zwischen den beiden jungen Frauen, das Bilitis’ Gefühle in Wallung geraten lässt ...
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#romance #ComingofAge #love
Bilitis, 1977
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adult
Countries: France, Italy
Director: David Hamilton
Cast: Patti D'Arbanville, Mona Christensen, Bernard Giraudeau
We are the boys who can turn on the heat we are the boys and you're under our feet We've got nothing but the clothes that we wear We've got that attitude - And we don't care [chorus:] Hey! we are the boys And we make the noise We call the shots 'Cos hey! we are the boys We are the boys of another class We drink the beer while you hold the glass We take what we can and what we can use We are the boys and we've got nothing to loose [chorus] We are the boys, we like bending the rules we are the boys and you are the fools You don't have to pose to mean what you feel We are the boys and we mean it for real