36 Fillette
by Catherine Breillat
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Actor: Berta Domínguez D., Delphine Zentout, Etienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Olivier ParnièreDirector: Catherine Breillat
Cinematographer: Laurent Dailland
Writer: Catherine Breillat
Editor: Yann Dedet
Producer: Emmanuel Schlumberger
Producer: Pierre Sayag
Producer: Valérie Seydoux
Writer: Roger Salloch
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
Published: 1999-07-01
DVD Release Date: 1999-07-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Lorber
Movie Reviews of 36 Fillette
Movie Review: Breillat is a film genius.
Summary: 4 Stars
Catherine Breillat (1948) is a brilliant French filmmaker, director and novelist. Her films are intended to take us places we've never been before, and usually outside our comfort zones with their depictions of hard sexual truths. As a result, Breillat no stranger to controversy. Although 36 Fillette (1988) is not among my favorite Breillat films (which include Fat Girl - Criterion Collection, Romance, and Brief Crossing (Breve Traversee)) it is nevertheless a worthwhile film (despite the poor film-to-dvd transfer quality).
As a precursor to her later work, Breillat's film confronts issues of sex and violence and contains provocative themes common to all of her later work. 36 Fillette tells the story of Lili (Delphine Zentout), a tempestuous 14-year-old French girl who flirts with one man after the next while vacationing with her family near Biarritz. She has decided it is "miserable" to be a virgin, and believes she is ready now lose her virginity at any risk. Despite her adolescent pout, Lili is depicted as a child in a woman's body, which (as the film's title also suggests) seems to be Breillat's point here: that in matters of sexuality, we are naive children living in adult-sized bodies. Zentout and Jean-Pierre Leaud (Francois Truffaut's Adventures of Antoine Doinel (The 400 Blows / Antoine & Collette / Stolen Kisses / Bed & Board / Love on the Run) - Criterion Collection) bring excellent performances to the film. It would be difficult to find Breillat's intellectualized sexual dialogue happening anywhere else in cinema, and like all of her films, this is a film people should be debating afterwards in cafes, bars, and their bedrooms.
G. Merritt
Summary of 36 Fillette
While on vacation with her family, fourteen year old Lili vows to lose her virginity. She attracts the attention of a good looking, middle-aged playboy and with the skill of an adult and the naivete of a child, she seduces him. Her involvement with this older man and a chance encounter with a musician further her journey toward sexual awakening.Similar DVD Movies
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