Dir. Martha Coolidge · Starring Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Colleen Camp, Ernie Hudson, Lisa Langlois, Charles Van Eman · Music Bishop Holiday
ComedyRomance
Teenager Leslie Hindenberg, mistakenly believing she has just weeks to live, decides she will lose her virginity before she dies.
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This film captures the tender, often clumsy, journey of navigating first love and sexual awakening. It's a heartfelt, nostalgic look at teenage uncertainty and the search for connection, wrapped in a distinctly 80s aesthetic.
awkwardsweetnostalgicearneststeady80s teen comedycoming-of-age dramaearnest dramacoming-of-agesexualityself-discoverymortality
high schoolbased on novel or bookloss of virginityteen moviemisunderstandingwoman director