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A Real Young Girl

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A precocious 1960s teen (Charlotte Alexandra) explores her sexuality while lusting after a sawmill worker (Hiram Keller).

Critics Reviews

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John Petrakis Chicago Tribune 11/15/2001
3/4
An intelligent coming-of-age story about a girl who realizes, for better or for worse, that there's no turning back. Go to Full Review
A.O. Scott New York Times 07/19/2001
3.5/5
A surreal voyage into adolescent sexuality. Go to Full Review
Sean Burns Crooked Marquee 11/18/2024
Gross, shocking and undeniably the work of a major artist, even when it feels like a work in progress. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 04/11/2016
A
While the film could be construed as pornographic in nature, the intention of the narrative function is to examine the psyche and sexuality of a young girl within the political and social context of Niort, France in 1963. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion 03/21/2010
To Breillat innocence is little more an imaginary state, something to yearn for while dealing with life, one orifice at a time Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 10/31/2006
2.5/5
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Audience Reviews

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Lloyd S Aug 21 Good movie, but the guy acted really bad. He was laughing like an idiot... See more thiago s @Thiagostone Dec 20 Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é mais ou menos, poucas partes boas, o filme tem mudez da garota principal, teve uma cena que a mãe da garota, corta a garganta da galinha de verdade, o final horrível com o namorado da garota sendo morto no milharal dos pais da sua namorada e nem fuderam. See more helder f 11/29/2024 A movie about a female adolescent exploring the blossoming of her sexuality. Nice photography with characters who are memorable despite not being well characterized. Some scenes are a blend between fantasy and reality , and a few are definitely not for sensitive eyes. The story is not very well developed but it’s overall secondary in a movie that is mostly interested in this young woman’s sexual wakening, her attempts to be ann object of desire and her exploration of her own body. The movie sits on a fine line between extremes. It’s borderline flat but it manages to remain engaging even though it really leads nowhere after all. It’s borderline crass at times but it manages to still be enticing and tasteful at the same time. The movie is powered by photography, charismatic characters and a sort of false expectation that the story will go somewhere. In the end, we realize that the story didn’t go anywhere; yet, the movie didn’t feel like a waste of time. See more 01/14/2022 This movie is a french masterpiece about young age desire. Intense, deep, subversive. Probably in my too 3 movies of all the times See more 04/08/2016 Exposes the dichotomy of what a girl is thinking versus the behavioral rules pulling her apart during adolescence. This film is hot, erotic and graphic but worthy on many levels. There are cultural and familial boundaries controlling her behavior when around people but then there are the desires driven by a young, beautiful body and a tidal wave of hormones pounding at the door. Something's gotta give. More profound is the hostile feminism and demoralizing French etiquette which makes life miserable for everyone. She sums up her feelings riding home from school for summer break in the beginning with the thought "I hate people." You will notice that sentiment never changes when watching the final scene. See more 08/15/2014 ???????????????????? ???????? ????? ??? See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A precocious 1960s teen (Charlotte Alexandra) explores her sexuality while lusting after a sawmill worker (Hiram Keller).
Director
Catherine Breillat
Producer
Pierre-Richard Muller
Screenwriter
Catherine Breillat
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.7K
Runtime
1h 33m