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Young & Beautiful

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Isabelle (Marine Vacth), a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.

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Critics Consensus

Ozon may not explore his themes as fully as he should, but Young & Beautiful poses enough intriguing questions -- and features a strong enough performance from Marine Vacth -- to compensate for its frustrations.

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Eliza Berman Bitch Media 01/21/2021
Figuring out Isabelle's character is a compelling mystery, but it would have been nice for Ozon to offer a few more clues. Go to Full Review
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post 06/19/2014
1.5/4
It became clear, as the movie wore on, that Ozon isn't interested in explanations, psychological insights, lessons, judgments, diagnoses, or any of the other stuff that normally preoccupies storytellers. Go to Full Review
Bill Goodykoontz Arizona Republic 06/12/2014
3/5
This is a different kind of coming-of-age story. Go to Full Review
Yasser Medina Cinefilia Jul 27
5/10
As an erotic drama it has a certain Mediterranean elegance, but I get the feeling that Ozon is not concerned with adding substance to the inane subject matter of youth, sexual awakening and the double face of the power of beauty. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Scott Nye Battleship Pretension 03/04/2021
This is not a mystery or a thriller or a twist-filled mind-bender; it's a film about the mysteries, thrills, and twists of existing in relation to other people. Go to Full Review
PJ Nabarro Patrick Nabarro 11/24/2018
4/5
In many respects, Isabelle's sexual odyssey is less about the money she procures or some sub-Freudian power game, but more about the simple matter of discovering her agency. Go to Full Review
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Alain E @AlainE Jul 22 Sympa as they say in France. The story has major inexplicable turns. A young virgin high school girl has painful and unsatisfactory intercourse the first time she decides to go “all the way “ while on summer vacation. As a result, her next step is to launch a career as a call girl! Eventually someone dies- not her. Marine Vacth, the ex model who plays the heroine is truly beautiful. The cinematography is much higher than the script. See more Rosana B 02/19/2023 Esse filme nos causa uma série de reflexões, lembra-me muito a autenticidade de Bruna Surfistinha, o olhas feminino sobre sexo, prazer, poder, independência... Vejo meninas, sexualmente ativas e estimuladas, desejando o "proibido", e se satisfazendo, não somente pelo dinheiro, incompreensível para a maioria de nós, mas imagino que um íntimo conturbado entre prazer consciente e a moral do culturalmente aceito, recatada e do lar… Um filme questionador... See more dave s 11/17/2022 While spending the summer with her family in the south of France, 17-year-old Isabelle (Marine Vacht) loses her virginity to a short-term romantic interest. Jumping ahead a few months, it is revealed that Isabelle is now a high-priced call-girl working under the pseudonym Lea, all while maintaining her studies and keeping the secret from her family. Francois Ozon's Young and Beautiful is a surprisingly tender, if not unorthodox, coming-of-age tale, featuring a strong performance from Vacht and some excellent production values. If there is one complaint it would be the fact that Ozon seems to avoid any explanation concerning the psychology or motivation behind what would cause a young girl to swing so radically from losing her virginity to prostitution, leaving the audience to draw their own conclusions. See more 12/08/2019 Aesthetically very pleasing, very sensual and poetically visualised movie, however the plot doesn't seem to go anywhere. It's very hard to understand the main character, but maybe the movie is about the inexplicable desire she has, maybe that's the point, the beauty and the poetry this story is trying to tell us about. See more 04/24/2018 Joven y bonita [2014] See more 04/10/2018 With this one Ozon was too in love with his own subject, although I might be biased. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Isabelle (Marine Vacth), a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
Director
François Ozon
Producer
Éric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer
Screenwriter
François Ozon
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
FOZ, Mandarin Films, Mars Films, France 2 Cinéma
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 25, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$48.0K
Runtime
1h 35m
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