36 Fillette

36 Fillette

1988 · 88 min · FR · 5.2 (27 votes)
Dir. Catherine Breillat · Starring Delphine Zentout, Olivier Parnière, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Berta Domínguez D., Jean-François Stévenin, Diane Bellego · Music Maxime Schmitt
DramaRomance

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers over men, finding that she doesn't always control her moods or actions, and she's impatient with being a virgin. She sets off with her brother to a disco, latching onto an aging playboy who is himself hot and cold to her. She is ambivalent about losing her virginity that night, willing the next, and determined by the third.

VIBE

A sun-drenched, yet emotionally complex portrait of adolescent yearning. It captures the awkwardness and intensity of burgeoning desire against a backdrop of summer freedom, exploring the confusing path to self-discovery with a raw, honest gaze.

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