Love at Twenty

The Intimate Secrets of Young Lovers

6.8

|1962|120 min

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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