Young & Beautiful
2013 film by François Ozon
Young & Beautiful (French: Jeune & Jolie) is a 2013 French erotic drama film written and directed by François Ozon. It stars Marine Vacth as Isabelle, a teenage prostitute, and features supporting performances by Johan Leysen, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot and Charlotte Rampling. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and received praise from film critics. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
Plot
While on a summer holiday with her family in the south of France, 16-year-old Isabelle decides to lose her virginity to a German boy named Felix. The experience leaves her unsatisfied and dissociated. Her family and another family living in their house throw Isabelle a party when she turns 17. Isabelle is reserved and secretive around her family, especially with her overbearing mother Sylvie, who thinks she knows what is best for Isabelle. By the autumn, she is working as a part-time prostitute. She meets clients at high-class hotels under the pseudonym Léa and lies about her age, telling her clients that she is 20 years old.
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