13 Movies Like Little Lips (Piccole labbra 1978)
Paul, a veteran of the Second World War, is suffering from a deep depression linked to a wound brought back to the front and is spending a period of rest in a country house, when he falls in love with his 12-year-old niece Eva, an orphan living there, and decides to describe his platonic love for her in a novel.
A story about forbidden love, this movie tackles a difficult subject, but does so with grace. If you want more movies like Little Lips (Piccole labbra), we’ve compiled a list that is similar in tone and topic.
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Violet is the 12-year-old daughter of prostitute Hattie, who works at Nell's brothel in the infamous red neighborhood of Storyville, New Orleans. The little girl, accustomed to wandering the squalid environment, has no moral conscience and tends to imitate the attitudes of her mother and her "colleagues".
She accepts the auction in which her virginity is sold. When her mother gets married to a client and leaves, Violet continues on the sleazy path she has taken. A tough and morally challenging movie that brings attention to the difficult life of children of sex workers.
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Federico, a murdering pedophile, is wounded when he flees from the police. He is found by Simona, a 12-year-old girl who helps him and then hides him. An attraction begins between the two.
Meanwhile Vera, a depressed and sexually frustrated woman, discovers Federico and offers him a deal, she will hide him in exchange for him killing her husband, a rich man lying in a wheelchair.
At the same time, the police and locals are on the lookout for Federico. Another good choice for anyone looking for movies like Little Lips, with very similar themes.
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Humbert is an educated, brilliant, and arguably somewhat attractive European professor. He is settling in a New England city where he will be teaching at a local school. The teacher is staying at the home of a rather extravagant widow, Charlotte Haze.
Charlotte finds in him an attraction in which she can satisfy all her fantasies. But Humbert, with the ghost of his first love haunting him, falls madly in love with Mr. Haze's daughter, Dolores, or rather, Lolita.
Likely the most famous movie on this list, obviously a great choice for someone looking at movies like Piccole labbra.
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Laura and Fabrizio, a teenage couple, spend the summer in a family summer house. Together they spend the day in the surrounding forest, enjoying nature and loving each other - and not just platonically.
But Silvia's arrival provokes a change of attitude in Fabrizio's relationship with Laura. How will she cope? What will he do?
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Set in the 1930s, the film tells the story of Bilitis, a teenage girl who studies at a select European boarding school, where she has an untimely relationship with Helene, another of her classmates.
At the end of the school year, Bilitis is forced to spend the summer with Pierre and Melissa, a couple of family friends whose marriage is in crisis due to the frequent infidelities of the former. Bilitis begins to relate to Lucas, a young photographer whom she had already met during her stay at the boarding school.
However, despite a certain sexual (and emotional) tension between the two, Bilitis cannot forget her hostess, until one day, after an argument with the young man, she seeks comfort in Melissa's arms and the two women end up sleeping together. A final worthy entry on the list of movies like Little Lips (Piccole labbra).
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