It Felt Like Love

A crushingly truthful and evocative depiction of a teenage girl’s sexual coming-of-age.

  • Director

    Eliza Hittman

  • With

    Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen Rubinstein, Nyck Caution

  • USA 2013. 83min

  • Digital

Lila is a shy and awkward 14-year-old who’s desperate to have her first sexual experience. While third-wheeling with her pretty, sexually active friend Chiara and Chiara’s new boyfriend, Lila determinedly decides that this will be the summer she loses her virginity. The debut film from Eliza Hittman – the talented director behind cinematic coming-of-age tales Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Beach Rats – is a sensitive and startlingly authentic portrait of sexual awakening.