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Une Vraie Jeune Fille (A Real Young Girl) (A Real Young Lady) (1975)

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Directed by Catherine Breillat in 1975 but withheld from release for 25 years because Breillat's producer went bankrupt, Une Vraie Jeune Fille marked the director's feature debut. Like Breillat's controversial Romance (1999), Fille is concerned with the expression of female desire, and it takes a characteristically audacious approach to its subject. Striking close-ups of male and female genitalia, various bodily fluids, and graphic sexual fantasies make up a significant portion of the film,

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Catherine Breillat

In Theaters: Jun 1, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Jan 22, 2002

Wellspring Media Inc.

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Cast

Charlotte Alexandra
Alice
Hiram Keller
Jim
Rita Meiden
The Mother
Bruno Balp
The Father
Shirley Stoler
Grocer

Critic Reviews for Une Vraie Jeune Fille (A Real Young Girl) (A Real Young Lady)

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An intelligent coming-of-age story about a girl who realizes, for better or for worse, that there's no turning back.

November 15, 2001 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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John Petrakis

Chicago Tribune

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A surreal voyage into adolescent sexuality.

July 19, 2001 Full Review Source: New York Times

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A.O. Scott

New York Times

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To Breillat innocence is little more an imaginary state, something to yearn for while dealing with life, one orifice at a time

March 21, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

It plods along, from one dull scene of mundane 'ordinary' life to the next.

July 19, 2001 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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David Noh

Film Journal International

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...evokes a time of turbulent (and often ugly) emotions with disquieting intensity.

June 8, 2001 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

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In "A Real Young Girl", Alice(Charlotte Alexandra) is a teenager on summer break from school. When she is not laying about fantasizing about various local young men, she is exploring the countryside on her bicycle. She is also lying about the whereabouts of her report card. With "A Real Young Girl", Catherine

May 20, 2010

Walter M.

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Breillats directorial debut about the boredom & sexual oppression of a 14 yr old French country girl home for summer vacation. Extremely slow & tedious, yet still somewhat shocking for a '76 flick. A must see for all CBreillat fans.

October 7, 2007