Plot
Summer in a new suburb outside Paris. Nothing to do but look at the ceiling. Marie, Anne and Floriane are 15. Their paths cross in the corridors at the local swimming pool, where love and desire make a sudden, dramatic appearance.
Release Year: 2007
Rating: 6.7/10 (3,462 voted)
Critic's Score: 65/100
Director:
Céline Sciamma
Stars: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adele Haenel
Storyline Three girls, each about 15, deal with puberty, the onset of sexual attraction, and, for two, the pressure of virginity. Marie, who's slight and diffident, quiet and nearly expressionless, is friends with Anne, who's a bit chunky and impulsive and has decided that François will be her first love. Watching synchronized swimming, Marie is suddenly attracted to the team captain, Floriane, beautiful, aloof, tall, and rumored to be a slut. François pursues her. Marie begins to hang around her; they trade favors, and soon it's an odd sort of friendship. Each of the three experiences her own first, and Marie must sort out attraction and friendship.
Cast: Pauline Acquart
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Marie
Louise Blachère
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Anne
Adele Haenel
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Floriane
(as Adèle Haenel)
Warren Jacquin
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François
Christel Baras
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L'inspectrice
Marie Gili-Pierre
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La caissière
(as Marie Gili Pierre)
Alice de Lencquesaing
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Fille vestiaire
Claire Pierrat
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Fille vestiaire 2
Barbara Renard
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Natacha
Esther Sironneau
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La vendeuse
Jérémie Steib
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Le masseur
Yvonne Villemaire
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La voisine
Christophe Vandevelde
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Type boîte
(as Chrisophe Vandevelde)
Opening Weekend: $7,418
(USA)
(6 April 2008)
(2 Screens)
Gross: $77,310
(USA)
(10 August 2008)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
France:
User Review
Beautiful cinema about adolescence
Rating: 8/10
A bit slow (somehow like a Sofia Coppola movie) but still a very
captivating film about the discovery of sexuality by three teenage
girls. The magic of the movie lies in its capacity to bring back many
memories to how it felt like to be their age. The confusion and the
insecurities are portrayed in a very simple way but so true to life.
The music is perfect and the acting is amazing. The camera works
beautifully also. I highly recommend it for those who are not afraid to
look back at this particular period of life when we discover our sexual
impulses and our desires. I would also say that it is a fine film for
young people going through that period. So many movies have been made
about adolescence but this really captures the true essence of
discovering the adult world of romance and its complexities.
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