Stranded (1965)

Name: Stranded
Genre: Drama
Released: 1965-05-01
Duration: 1 hr 30 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Juleen Compton, Gary Collins, Gian Pietro Calasso, Alkis Yannakas, Ken Gaherity

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StarringJuleen ComptonGary CollinsGian Pietro Calasso

DirectorJuleen Compton

WriterJuleen Compton

NR 1 hr 30 minMay 1st, 1965Drama

Plot

Comptons first feature was the autobiographical Stranded which she wrote directed starred in selffinanced and distributed Released in 1965 the film shares the cinematic experimentation and stylish youthcentric rebellion of the French New Wave made even more radical by its progressive portrayals of female independence and sexuality beatnik culture and discussions of homosexuality Stranded follows Raina a young American woman played by Compton traveling through Greece with her American lover Gary Collins and her French gay best friend Gian Pietro Calasso Raina partakes in several love affairs rejecting marriage offers for no other reason than she likes her life the way it is Made just prior to the arrival of second wave feminism Compton as writerdirector never judges her onscreen alterego the way similar female characters were frequently punished in other films during this era by stigmatizing female sexuality

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