An exploration of purity and innocence

nevsky

This film beautifully explores the innocence and purity life and love can take when uncluttered by the distractions of modern work-a-day life. Emmeline and Richard grow up, reveling in the carefree life of children, discovering the confusion and distress of puberty, and the strength and love of adulthood, a man and a woman left to nature.  Left to their own devices, they utilize their sharp wits, ingenuity, and love for each other, thus building a successful life on a deserted island.  The viewer is able to see the growing-up process in its most primitive, yet perhaps its most innocent and purest form.

score 9/10

nevsky 12 January 1999

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0173437/