Une vraie jeune fille (1976)

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:

Candle | Egg | Sawmill | Vomit | Diary

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:

Suis-je une petite fille

A true young girl, a true,honest film which was unfortunately banned in France !

It is believed by a vast majority of people that French are sexist people.There is no doubt about it.According to a recent survey conducted in France,a simple gesture of a mother breast feeding her child in public is considered an objectionable act by a vast majority French people.In 2006,film critic Lalit Rao got a chance of seeing this film during a film festival entitled "Est-Ce Ainsi Que Les Hommes Vivent?" at Saint Denis,France.He spoke to Ms.Breillat and Mr.Wakamatsu Koji regarding their extremely simple films which have always been considered difficult due to unknown reasons.So in France if one is so touchy about an honorable human activity of a mother offering milk to her baby where there are beauty and innocence associated,one can well imagine the reactions of French society to a woman film director of Catherine Breillat's stature whose films about issues related to feminine sexuality have always had an extremely provocative stance.This is one of the probable reasons why "Une Vraie Jeune Fille" was banned upon its initial release in 1975.This film is astonishing as this first film gave Catherine Breillat a once in a lifetime chance to make out of the ordinary films about themes and topics which were always considered as male domain.