Gabrielle

I saw this movie one time in 1981 on HBO and have looked for it since.

No movie has ever touched me the way this movie has. Until today, I didn't even know the name of the movie only that a Van Patten played the lead male role. I don't know why but finding this movie has been heavy on my mind lately.

It is the best love story ever made and I will spend the next 23 years searching for a copy of it if need be. If anyone can advise me please reply.

As I also read at top of review list, I too had been racking my brain to remember the title.. finally found it...this movie was so touching and left such an impact on me at a young age...would love to find this on a copy to view or via some movie site.... beautiful love and sacrifice

I caught this movie (as This Time Forever) in a hotel room. It was late and I couldn't sleep. Due to the hour, I didn't expect much. Boy, was I wrong! This flick caught my attention and held it from start to finish. Love stories are normally not my thing but this one was different. There is nothing special about the movie. The interaction of the characters seemed to touch the right buttons for me. If you get the chance, watch it. Its worth the rental fee.

A lack of production values prevents Yesterday from getting a better rating. But this Canadian production is a fine film aboutlove and sacrifice.

Young Vincent Van Patten is attending college in Canada on a hockey scholarship and falls for coed Clare Pimpare. A rather stupid juvenile prank costs him the athletic scholarship and he has to go back to America to face the draft.

Van Patten goes back o America and Vietnam and comes out the worst for it in body. Pimpare is led to believe he's been killed. And she's with childnow.

Van Patten and Pimpare are as sensitive and tender a pair of young lovers as you'll find. There are good performances from Eddie Albert and Cloris Leachman as Van Patten's grandparents.

Yesterday is Vincent Van Patten's career film. A pity this film is not better known.

I have been showing this film to high school students taking a film class for years. They love it because it has comedy and drama. The ending surprises them all. Great teaching tool to explain the French Speaking vs. English Speaking Canadians; the Vietnam War. I always have good discussions about the characters' problems and the choices that they made to solve these problems. Most of my students didn't even know that Quebec is a French speaking province; had no knowledge of "being drafted" or "draft dodging". Good film all around.Great theme song, also!!! We all love Claire Pimpare the lead actress!!!