YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL
Young & Beautiful is a dark and provocative coming-of-age film from France, which effectively explores a 17-year-old girl’s sexual awakening and her transition into prostitution.
Isabelle (Marine Vacth) is a withdrawn and emotionless adolescent who enjoys the excitement of leading a double life, partaking in an activity which is deemed wrongful and forbidden.
When tragedy occurs, her secret life is revealed and a powerful and moving story develops as her parents intervene, hoping her addiction to prostitution can be overcome.
Young & Beautiful is divided into four seasonal chapters and is exquisitely filmed, gracefully capturing the youthful sensuality and eroticism.
Marine Vacth is perfectly cast as the beautiful Parisian student whose loss of innocence and sexual prowess is the catalyst to life-changing events. (MM)
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