L'adolescente
In 1939, a 13-year-old girl develops a crush on the town's Jewish doctor while visiting her grandmother. Her parents have an affair with the doctor. When her father returns, tensions arise regarding the relationships and the impen...
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"Directed by no-one less than Jeanne Moreau, this movie, known for it's quality as one of the standards in the 'Coming of age' genre, is far more than that. It's a story about 'La douceur de vivre', or the 'The gentle way of life' - the pureness of French country-life in the years before the second world war. It's an extremely well crafted story of love, death and life, and the little secrets the villagers share, seen through the eyes of a perfectly authentic 13-year-old girl. Simone Signoret gives a stunning performance, subtle and genuine, as the ..."
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Jeanne Moreau revealed it was very difficult to find someone for the role of Marie and she auditioned about forty little girls before meeting Laetitia Chauveau. "At the last minute, I met Laetitia who had never acted before, but was a schoolgirl. I had to be very tactful with her because she resisted what I wanted her to express," Moreau said.
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In 1939, a 13-year-old girl develops a crush on the town's Jewish doctor while visiting her grandmother. Her parents have an affair with the doctor. When her father returns, tensions arise regarding the relationships and the impen...