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Young & Beautiful

6.4

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Original title: Jeune et jolie (Young & Beautiful)
Year: 2013
Running time: 94 min.
Country: France
Director: François Ozon
Screenwriter: François Ozon
Music: Philippe Rombi
Cinematography: Pascal Martí
Cast: Marine Vacth, Geraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Charlotte Rampling, Johan Leysen, Fantin Ravat, Nathalie Richard, Laurent Delbecque, Akéla Sari, Lucas Prisor, Djedje Apali
Producer: Mandarin Production, Mars Films, France 2 Cinema, Foz, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions
Genre: Drama | Prostitution. Teen/coming-of-age
Synopsis: Isabelle (Marine Vacth) is on summer vacation in the South of France when she takes up a desultory relationship with Felix (Lucas Prisor), a hunky German tourist. He is neither her emotional nor her intellectual equal. We watch her give up her virginity to him, only to cast him aside without a care days later. We next meet Isabelle in the fall, back in Paris, where we discover that she's set up a website to accept appointments from johns she will meet for sex in chic hotel rooms. She is a cool professional. But this does not mean she's immune to the effects of the sexual whims of and occasional rough treatment from men. It is only with one regular client that she allows herself to experience any pleasure. That is until the unthinkable happens and she's forced to deal with the consequences of her decisions. Presented over the course of four seasons, the mood of each characterized by a distinctive song, Ozon's film provides an unprejudiced glimpse into the adolescent female psyche.

Awards: 2013: Cesar Awards: 2 nominations: Best Newcomer Actress and Supp. Actress

2013: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection

Critics' reviews

"Its elegant execution will win warm regard, while the baby 'Belle de jour' subject matter should lure audiences at arthouses worldwide"

Leslie Felperin: Variety
"A fascinating contemplation of adolescent sexuality that will be a star-making platform for its young lead, Marine Vacth."

David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter
"What is most striking about this movie is how un-self-conscious it is as it conducts a prurient and superficial inquiry into adolescent female sexuality."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"[It] has a very formal and elegant structure (...) A fascinating experience (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Sheila O'Malley: rogerebert.com
"At times a rich, intimate observation of emerging sexuality, the movie also maintains a quiet, observational rhythm that peaks around wintertime when things grow dark for the character and then more or less watches her grow up."

Eric Kohn: IndieWire
"You might wonder, at 15 minutes in, whether a chunk of celluloid somehow went missing (...) Ozon isn’t interested in explanations, psychological insights, lessons, judgments... (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"

Michael O'Sullivan: The Washington Post
"As fizzy and quenching as a pint of lemonade"

Robbie Collin: Telegraph
"'Jeune et Jolie' plays a little like 'Belle de Jour', but quite without Buñuel's beady-eyed subversion; Ozon is more concerned with keeping the apple-cart tensely teetering, rather than crashing over (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian

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