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First Love, Last Rites is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed by Jesse Peretz and starring Natasha Gregson Wagner and Giovanni Ribisi. It is based on the short story of the same name by Ian McEwan and centers on the passionate love affair between a young couple over one Louisiana summer.
- $42,953
- $300,000
"Last Day of Summer" is an eerily haunting story of a twelve-year-old boy who, having lost his own mother, finds another mother figure in Jenny, a large woman who comes to stay with him. On one of their many journeys in his rowing boat on the Thames, however, Jenny and the baby Alice drown and die.
- Ian Russell McEwan
- 165
- 1975
- 1975
A couple (Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi) fall in and out of love in a shack they share with her young brother (Eli Marienthal) in the Louisiana bayou. Rating: R. Genre: Romance....
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- Jesse Peretz
- R
- Natasha Gregson Wagner
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Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. Joey and Sissel share a one-room house as a couple intent on learning all they can about each other. Sissel is estranged from her parents, but she wants Joey to meet her father, Henry, a talkative Vietnam vet whose interests range from Eastern culture to fishing. The two men eventually become partne.
- Jesse Peretz
- Giovanni Ribisi
Synopsis. Joey and Sissel are two misfits spending most of their time together talking or having sex. Gradually and slowly their relationships are becoming boring for them. Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes. Cast. Giovanni Ribisi. Joey. Natasha Gregson Wagner. Sissel. Donal Logue. Red. Robert John Burke. Henry. Jeannetta Arnette. Sissel's Mom.
- Joey; Sissel; Red
- Jesse Peretz
- 1998
- 94 min
First Love, Last Rites is a slow, contemplative film that doesn't develop into anything. It's possible this might work better for some people than others. Sissel (Gregson Wagner) and Joey (Ribisi) are two kids spending the summer in a one bedroom shack up from the Bayou.
Nathan Larson. Craig Wedren. Cinematography by. Tom Richmond. Editing by. James Lyons. Production Design by. Dan Estabrook. Costume Design by. Yasmine Abraham. Makeup Department. Ellen Vieira. ... makeup department head. Second Unit Director or Assistant Director. Michael Melamed. ... second assistant director (as Michael R. Melamed)