Camille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. As the film progresses, Camille discovers AIDS and the fear that she may have picked up the disease in her early encounters.
Acting
Gainsbourg's deer-in-headlights innocence is devastatingly precise
Direction
Blier's tonal whiplash between farce and horror
Writing
Dialogue that treats sex and death with equal casual cruelty
Director
Bertrand Blier
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Camille Pelleveau
Anouk Grinberg
Joëlle
Michel Blanc
Raymond Pelleveau, le père jeune
Jean Carmet
Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé
Annie Girardot
Evangeline Pelleveau, la mère âgée
Jean-Louis Trintignant
le colonel SS
Catherine Jacob
Evangeline Pelleveau, la mère jeune
Gérard Depardieu
Marc Antoine Worms
Thierry Frémont
François
François Perrot
le réalisateur
Yves Rénier
Robert, le vigile
Didier Bénureau
le second réalisateur
Anouk Ferjac
la mère à la clinique
Philippe Clévenot
Producer
Jacques Boudet
Craven, le dépositaire Pronuptia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released at peak AIDS panic in France; the film weaponizes sexual liberation as potential death sentence in ways that feel exploitative now but were 'urgent' then.
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