Les Autres filles
2000 Drama
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Summary
Solange is a 16 year old girl who lives with her parents in a village near to Toulouse.
She is training to be a hairdresser but is mainly preoccupied with losing her virginity.
She is fascinated by her friend Gary, an African girl who seems to be fully emancipated
and who appears to offer her a prefect role model…
Review
Having distinguished herself with two short films, director Caroline Vignal chose as the
subject of her first full-length film the familiar coming-of-age drama. Despite
the banality of the scenario, Vignal succeeds in creating a work that is simultaneously
engaging, realistic and provocative. Her decision to use a combination of professional
and non-professional actors pays off, giving the film an appropriate naturalistic edge.
In her sensitive portrayal of the film’s central character, Julie Leclercq reveals
a talent which doubtless other serious film directors will be keen to make use of in future
years. Although the film isn’t faultless (some sequences feel painfully laboured
and Solange’s rapport with her parents doesn’t quite feel real), it is a promising
debut for its director.
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