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Director
  
Screenplay
  
Barbara Smith

Duration
  

Language
  
English

5.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Country
  
United States

A movie poster of The Genesis Children (1972 film) starring Vincent, Child, Greg Hill, and Peter Glawson

Cast
  
Jack Good

Writer
  
Anthony Aikman, Billy Byars, Barbara Smith

Genres
  
Drama, Indie film, Experimental film, Coming of age



Similar
  
Robby (film), Children's Island (film), The Boys of St Vincent

The Genesis Children is a 1972 art film by Lyric Films International. The movie is highly controversial due to extensive full nudity scenes of teenage and preteen boys.

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The movie itself has been widely panned, though many critics praised the film's musical score.

Two children taking their clothes off in a scene from the movie "The Genesis Children" (1972 film)

CFF The Sea Children 1972


Synopsis

A movie poster of The Genesis Children (1972 film) starring Vincent, Child, Greg Hill, and Peter Glawson

The plot of the movie is convoluted and rather loose. It concerns a man dressed as a priest who gathers together a group of teen boys, both American and European, and takes them to a beach on the Mediterranean Sea. There he has plans to stage a play based on the biblical Book of Genesis.

Peter Glawson smiling and looking afar while holding an apple and wearing a white shirt and a striped bikini

In the film, the depicted boys are often shown in complete nudity, engaging in activities such as playing in the surf, constructing shelters, driving a van, and scaling cliffs. The narrative follows a stream-of-consciousness approach, initiating various plotlines without resolving them.

Controversy

The extensive amount of juvenile nudity has inspired more than a little controversy.. The film is now available on both VHS and DVD.

Rating

The MPAA film classification database lists an X rating for the film.

"The Genesis Children is really a very benign film. It was only the cumulative amount of nudity and the closeup shots of the pelvic area that brought about the X decision. Even the violence of the scene in which the boys attack the bus is well within the R category," said Dr. Aaron Stern, director of MPAA's code and rating administration.

References

The Genesis Children Wikipedia
The Genesis Children IMDbThe Genesis Children themoviedb.org


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