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    If a film is described as a "rites-of-passage" film, what is it specifically refering to?

    Question #62215. Asked by youngirishpsychologi. (Feb 02 06 1:40 PM)


    lanfranco

    		If you're thinking of the same sort of film I am, I suppose I'd call these "coming of age" stories. In general, they refer to a young person's first encounters with some life experience -- love, sex, death, issues of loyalty and ethics -- and the manner in which they contribute to maturation and shape personality.

    Here's an essay on the subject:


    http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/fox/rites.html

    Feb 02 06, 1:53 PM
    Cougar60

    		Moving from one "stage" of something to the next. Including a first encounter of whatever sort.

    Feb 03 06, 4:22 PM

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