The Genesis Children
7.1 /10 2 Votes
Director Anthony Aikman Screenplay Barbara Smith Duration Language English | 5.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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.
CFF The Sea Children 1972
Synopsis
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.
Throughout the movie, the boys in question are frequently entirely nude and are shown frolicking in the surf, building shelters, driving a van and climbing up cliffs. The storyline is largely stream-of-consciousness and starts many threads it then leaves unfinished.
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 WikipediaThe Genesis Children IMDbThe Genesis Children themoviedb.org