Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.
Acting
Bonnaire's debut is volcanic—every glance calculated, every smile a wound.
Direction
Pialat directs himself as the father; the cruelty feels autobiographical.
Editing
Scenes end mid-breath. Life doesn't resolve, and neither does this.
Director
Maurice Pialat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This launched Sandrine Bonnaire at 16; she later called Pialat 'the most difficult man I ever loved.'
The title translates 'To Our Loves'—ironic, since no one here loves anything but their own damage.
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