Film No. 30 (2014) April 26th. 11:00 AM LUNA Leederville.
Young and Beautiful
Isabelle (Marine Vacth) is certainly young and beautiful. She is stunning. So much so, her ability as an actor is blurred by the quality of her appearance on screen. Given that, her portrayal of a student coming of age, both sexually (initially) and emotionally, in the most unconventional of manners is thought provoking to say the least.
French film maker Francois Ozon was accused of being overly voyeuristic with In The House. Young and Beautiful will have its premature walk outs for the same reasons but the film's logic is revealed much later and the stark sex scenes early in the film are soon forgotten.
Isabelle's story is told in four parts, via the seasons in a year. We begin in Summer as she looks forward to her first sexual experience. The sex she has is unrewarding hence we meet her in The Fall as a call girl operating her lucrative business from her second mobile phone. Her motives are not clear but the repeated counting of her money gives her audience an indication.
The film's final stanza is more revealing. Isabelle is a girl willing to take risks beyond her years so when tragedy strikes her resources for coping are limited. Her awakening is real and with the help of her family she learns to adjust. 8GUMS
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