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Pakula's directing début based on the novel by John Nichols. Love drama about a lonely and rather naïve girl who presses her affections on a shy frshman. He has to pay attention to her. Convincing acting by Minnelli and Burton in his role as the gentle student who eventually grows out of the girl.

Title: The Sterile Cuckoo
Year: 1969
Duration : 1 hour, 47 minutes
Category: Feature film
Edition: NFF 1996

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