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Young & Beautiful (2013)
"Jeune & jolie" (original title)

Not Rated  |   |  Drama  |  25 April 2014 (USA)
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After losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.

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Victor
Yves Bole
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Georges
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Alice
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Véro
Djedje Apali ...
Peter
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Felix
Laurent Delbecque ...
Alex
Jeanne Ruff ...
Claire
Carole Franck ...
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Olivier Desautel ...
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Serge Hefez ...
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Isabelle is on summer holidays with her family in the south of France. She decides to lose her virginity to a German boy called Felix, but the experience leaves her cold. By autumn she is exploring her sexuality further on through working as a prostitute under the nickname Lea and meeting an older man called Georges as well as other clients. During one encounter with Georges, he dies from a heart attack. Isabelle leaves the scene and quits prostitution but the police eventually track her down and reveal her secret life to her mother. Written by Lament

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Once A Whore, Always A Whore.
12 May 2014 | by (India) – See all my reviews

Jeune & Jolie (also known as Young & Beautiful) is the story of a 17-year old girl named Isabelle who after losing her virginity, the experience of which leaves her cold, starts living a double life as a call girl under the alias Lea, which in her opinion is a win-win situation as it allows her to explore her sexuality while being paid for it. But when one of her clients dies due to heart attack during an encounter, she leaves & quits prostitution but is later tracked down by the police who reveals Isabelle's double life to her parents.

I don't really know what to make of this film. The filmmaker's intention is not as clear as it should be nor clear is the motives of its characters plus the subplots are very fragmented & scattered all over the place. The characters are rather uninteresting & Isabelle clearly is a confused teenager who's not aware of the consequences of the path she has chosen. Yet, Marine Vacth gives her all to deliver a sensual performance that could've been much rewarding if the character was more fleshed out in the script.

Cinematography, however, exquisitely captures the beautiful location this film is shot at & the quote "once a whore, always a whore" is strongly implied but the drama remains stale as a whole. On an overall scale, Jeune & Jolie is that cinema which had the opportunity to become something truly intriguing & rewarding at the same time but apart from the plethora of sex scenes it offers from start to finish, it lacks everything a cinema needs to stimulate its audience.


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