Une vraie jeune fille (1976)
65KUne vraie jeune fille: Directed by Catherine Breillat. With Charlotte Alexandra, Hiram Keller, Rita Maiden, Bruno Balp. Reluctantly, a sulky adolescent returns to her parents’ house for yet another boring summer vacation, dabbling in desire and the art of desirability, eventually mixing reality with vision, caged fantasies with the fierce female sexuality.
“u0026quot;A Real Young Girlu0026quot; is a slice-of-summer-life flick which follows a 17ish school girlu0026#39;s sexual exploration during a summer vacation with her parents on their farm. A brave and visceral character study, this first outing for controversial auteur Catherine Breillat spends 90% of the run examining the fantasies, autoerotic experimentation, and eventual heterosexual encounters of the girl who seems sexually fascinated with all things liquid. Though the filmu0026#39;s darkish undercurrents of sexual aberration do portend better things to come from Breillat, it is not particularly interesting as a stand alone piece. Circa 1976 with no apparent remastering, the audio/video quality is poor with color shifts and graininess. Not for those squeamish about graphic sexual content, this film should play best with those interested in psychosexual dramas (B-)”
