Following the theme of Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) and Michael Powell's Age of Consent (1969) - this time time told from a female perspective.

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 time told from a female perspective - van Brakel's The Debut (1977) tells the delicate story off 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.Cult Epics presents Nouchka van Brakel's The Debut for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray in North America in a new High-definition transfer.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• New HD Transfer (from original 35mm print)
• Original LPCM 2.0 Mono track
• Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono track
• Polygoon Journal Newsreel (1977, HD)
• Poster & Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailers

Cast & Crew

•       Marina de Graaf
•       Gerard Cox

Director: Nouchka van Brakel

Additional Details

Label: Cult Epics

Genre: Cult

Language: Dutch

Run Time: 95 mins

Release Date: 04/13/21

UPC: 881190017999