The read
Most of the 242 1970s romance movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic55/100
155 audience votes
Key crew
- Catherine BreillatScreenplay
- Catherine BreillatDirector
- Mort ShumanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charlotte AlexandraAlice Bonnard
- Hiram KellerPierre-Evariste Renard / 'Jim' / 'Earthworm Jim'
- Rita MaidenMrs. Bonnard
- Bruno BalpMr. Bonnard
- Georges GuéretMartial
- Shirley StolerGrocer in Aupom
- Thierry RolandTV Commentator (voice) (archive footage)
- Marie-Hélène BreillatVoice of Alice Bonnard (voice) (uncredited)
- Alexandra GouveiaMartine (uncredited)
- Carmelo PetixL'Exhibitionniste (uncredited)
- Georges PompidouSelf (on TV) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Christian ValentinLe Chanteur (uncredited)
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Themes
pubertyfirst timefranceparent child relationshiplove at first sighteroticismwomen's sexual identityprovocationprecocitygirls' boarding schoolteenage crushwoman director
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