Une vraie jeune fille (1976)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Catherine Breillat

Writers:

Catherine Breillat (novel)
Catherine Breillat (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 April 1999 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A surreal voyage into adolescent sexuality.

Plot:

August, 1963; Alice, 14, an only child, and physically well developed, is home for vacation. She's moody...

Plot Keywords:

Diary | Egg | Candle | Vomit | Sawmill

Cast

Charlotte Alexandra	...	Alice Bonnard
Hiram Keller	...	Pierre-Evariste Renard / 'Jim' / 'Earthworm Jim'
Rita Maiden	...	Mrs. Bonnard (as Rita Meiden)
Bruno Balp	...	Mr. Bonnard
Georges Guéret	...	Martial (as Georges Gueret)
Shirley Stoler	...	Grocer in Aupom
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thierry Roland	...	TV commentator (voice) (archive footage)
Marie-Hélène Breillat	...	Voice of Alice Bonnard (voice) (uncredited)
Alexandra Gouveia	...	Martine (uncredited)
Carmelo Petix	...	L'exhibitionniste (uncredited)
Georges Pompidou	...	Himself (on TV) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christian Valentin	...	Le chanteur (uncredited)

Directed by
Catherine Breillat

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Catherine Breillat		novel "Le soupirail"
Catherine Breillat		screenplay

Produced by
Guy Azzi	....	executive producer
Pierre-Richard Muller	....	executive producer: Artédis
André Génovès	....	producer: Les Films la Boétie (uncredited)

Original Music by
Mort Shuman		(as Mort Schuman)

Cinematography by
Patrick Daert
Pierre Fattori

Film Editing by
Annie Charrier
Michèle Quevroy		(as Michèle Queyroy)

Production Design by
Catherine Breillat		(uncredited)

Production Management
Jean Guillaume	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Philippe Lang	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Guy Chichignoud	....	sound
Bernard Mangière	....	sound (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Claude Couty	....	first assistant camera
Maurice Giraud	....	camera operator
Patrick Godaert	....	assistant camera

Thanks
Jean-François Lepetit	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Artédis
• CB Films
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Les Films de la Boétie

Distributors

• ASG Videofilm (Russia) (VHS)
• Cinema Village Features (2001) (USA) (subtitled)
• Fine Arts Entertainment Inc. (Japan) (DVD)
• Fine Arts Entertainment Inc. (Japan) (VHS)
• Fox Lorber (USA) (DVD)
• Fox Lorber (USA) (VHS)
• Irfan Film (2001) (Turkey) (all media)
• Mongrel Media (Canada)
• Prénom H Co. Ltd. (2001) (Japan)
• Rézo Films (France)

Also Known As:

A Real Young Girl (USA)
A Real Young Lady (International: English title)
Ein Mädchen (Germany) (TV title) [de]
Ena alithino thyliko (Greece) (festival title) [el]
Hontôni wakai musume (Japan) [ja]
Ilk sevisme (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
L'adolescente (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

93 min | Canada:89 min | USA:89 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | Japan:R-18 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Artédis

Goofs:

Continuity: The calendar inside the doorway of the Bonnard home indicates that it's August, 1964; however, TV shows pertaining to the death of Monseigneur Fernand Maillet and the resignation of George Pompidou's first government suggest that it's only 1963, and a TV broadcast of Jacques Anquetil's fourth Tour de France victory suggests that at least one scene with the calendar is set on July 14 (Bastille Day), 1963.

Quotes:

Alice Bonnard: I hate people. They complicate me.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "SexTV: Nobuyoshi Araki/The Music of X: The Soundtrack of Sex/Catherine Breillat (#5.2)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Le danger c'est de trop aimer

Crazy; worth seeing

The film is very unusual at times and its sheer sexuality often gets too heavy. However it is certainly worth seeing, simply for its madness. And for the smoking hot Charlotte Alexandra. She alone is worth the price of admission. Shocking that the film's release was held up until 2000 (25 years later!) due to budgetary problems.