Spielen Wir Liebe (1977)
“A teen boy grows from playing and fighting with his German-shepherd dog to playing kid–then adult–games with two equally young girls in a dream-like forest which eventually turns eerie and somber.”
Spielen Wir Liebe also known as Maladolescenza is a 1977 erotic drama film directed by Pier Giuseppe Murgia.
Laura (Lara Wendel) and Fabrizio (Martin Loeb) have been meeting every summer in the forest by her parents’ summer home.
Fabrizio is a solitary boy with only his dog for company; Laura is a sweet girl, but she lacks confidence.
This summer new aspects enter into their story as both are growing up.
The film represents them as part child, part adult. Part naive, part knowing.
Laura is falling in love with Fabrizio, while he displays a new sexual awareness of her masked by his malice.