Beautiful and young, Stella is a popular go-go dancer living alone with her mother by the French Riviera. Their lives unravel when a middle-age man becomes obsessed with Stella.
Acting
Vahina Giocante's physicality speaks volumes
Direction
Villacèque weaponizes the male gaze against itself
Cinematography
Glamour decaying under harsh Mediterranean light
Director
Anne Villacèque
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Miou-Miou, playing the mother, was a huge 1970s French star — her casting adds meta-layers about aging out of desirability.
The film was barely released outside France, partly for its uncomfortable refusal to make Romansky a cartoon villain.
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