Jung & schön (2013)

Jung u0026 schön: Directed by François Ozon. With Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Fantin Ravat. After losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.

“A young and beautiful girl sells her body to rich older men, lying about her age, and hiding it to her parents and friends. Until an unexpected event forces her to confront reality. The new filmu0026#39;s subject from French director François Ozon is close to Julia Leighu0026#39;s 2011 u0026quot;Sleeping Beautyu0026quot;, but the treatment is quite different. Nothing is odd or strange here. We follow Isabelleu0026#39;s journey through the discovery of sexuality in a very realistic fashion, typical of Ozonu0026#39;s filmmaking.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe only trouble is that we are not troubled ! The script is so predictable that we get very few surprises throughout the film, and we do not care for Isabelleu0026#39;s fate at all. Thatu0026#39;s a shame considering the interesting subject.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe lack of explanation for her behavior is a good thing, we do not get the usual psychological/environment/parents syndrome, but this leads to a certain shallowness.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eActors do a fine number, especially the beautiful Marine Vacth, whom we should see again very soon, hopefully in a more rewarding role.”