The sterile cuckoo [(DVD) videorecording] / Paramount Pictures, Boardwalk Production ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula.
A relentlessly kooky coed and falls in love with a reserved young college student. She actively pursues the shy boyish-man and helps him through the tough first months in school. They both benefit from the relationship; he gains self-confidence and she's now able to come to grips with her unhappy home life.