Friends is a 1971 film

1971 in film

The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music...

 directed by Lewis Gilbert

Lewis Gilbert

Lewis Gilbert CBE is an English film director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:He was the son of music hall performers, and spent his early years travelling with his parents, and watching the shows from the side of the stage. He first performed on-stage at the age of 5, when asked to drive a...

 and written by Gilbert, Vernon Harris and Jack Russell. The soundtrack by Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

 and Bernie Taupin

Bernie Taupin

Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in...

 was released as the Friends

Friends (soundtrack)

Friends is a project Elton John and Bernie Taupin took on before their breakout success in the United States. Recorded as the soundtrack to the film Friends, it was certified gold on its release on April 6, 1971 in the U.S...

album. The film was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film at the 1972 Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture

Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media has been awarded since 1960. Until 2001 the award was presented to the composer of the music alone. From 2001 to 2006, the producer and engineers shared in this award...

 at the 1972 Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards of 1972

The 14th Grammy Awards were held March 15, 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States by ABC; the following year, they would move the telecasts to CBS, where they remain to this date...

.

Plot

In this teen romance, a young neglected English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 boy (Sean Bury

Sean Bury

Sean Bury is a British television and film actor, best known for his lead role as Paul Harrison in Lewis Gilbert's 1971 film Friends and the 1974 sequel Paul and Michelle.-Films:...

) runs away and becomes friends with a French

French people

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 girl (Anicée Alvina

Anicée Alvina

Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche (b. Anicée Shahmanesh or Anicee Schahmane on 28 January 1953, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine – d...

) on the same flight. Together, they go to an idyllic marsh location in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 (the Camargue

Camargue

The Camargue is the region located south of Arles, France, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône River delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhône; the western one is the Petit Rhône....

), become lovers, set up housekeeping, have a baby, and play at being responsible adults, discovering along the way many of the troubles involved, before ultimately becoming separated by police responding to a missing persons report.

Sequel

In the 1974 sequel, Paul and Michelle

Paul and Michelle

Paul & Michelle is a 1974 drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. It is sequel to the 1971 film Friends by the same director and lead actors.-Synopsis:...

, the young family is reunited and has to cope with a new love interest for the girl, and the difficulties of work and college while trying to maintain a family.

Cast

• Sean Bury
  Sean Bury
  Sean Bury is a British television and film actor, best known for his lead role as Paul Harrison in Lewis Gilbert's 1971 film Friends and the 1974 sequel Paul and Michelle.-Films:...
  
   ..... Paul Harrison
• Anicée Alvina
  Anicée Alvina
  Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche (b. Anicée Shahmanesh or Anicee Schahmane on 28 January 1953, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine – d...
  
   ..... Michelle La Tour
• Ronald Lewis
  Ronald Lewis
  Ronald Lewis , was a Welsh actor, best known for his appearances in British films of the 1950s and 1960s.Lewis was born in Port Talbot and made his first screen appearance in 1953. From then on, he averaged one or two films a year until the mid-60s, including classics like The Wind Cannot Read ...
  
   ..... Mr. Harrison
• Toby Robins
  Toby Robins
  Toby Robins was a Canadian actress of film, stage and television.Toby Robins starred in hundreds of radio and stage productions in Canada from the late 1940s through the 1960s, working with such stars as Jane Mallett, Barry Morse, John Drainie, Ruth Springford, James Doohan, and many others...
  
   ..... Mrs. Gardner
• Joan Hickson
  Joan Hickson
  Joan Hickson OBE was an English actress of theatre, film and television, famed for playing Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple.- Wivenhoe :...
  
   ..... Lady in Bookstore
• Pascale Roberts ..... Annie
• Sady Rebbot
  Sady Rebbot
  Sady Rebbot was a French actor. He appeared in 68 films and television shows between 1959 and 1994. He starred alongside Anna Karina in the 1962 film Vivre sa vie.-Selected filmography:* Vivre sa vie...
  
  ..... Pierre