# Eugenie

This film portrays the confusions and complexities of a 12-year-old girl torn between the child that she is and the woman that she is becoming, depicting her fear and excitement of the unknown and relating the beginning of her awareness of her own sexuality while she copes with family conflicts. Several scenes depict the disturbing attention of an adult male on two adolescent girls. From a short story with autobiographical elements written by Christine Schutt and directed by Susan Sussman, a former high school English teacher. The film features 12-year-old actor Lourdes Rivera, who rehearsed her first kiss for the film. Also starring Maggie Burke and Robert B. Silver.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1977
- Runtime: 15 min
- By: Susan Sussman
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/eugenie-1977)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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