36 fillette

Jan 6 1989 N/A 1h 28m
Drama, Romance

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers over men, finding that she doesn't always control her moods or actions, and she's impatient with being a virgin. She sets off with her brother to a disco, latching onto an aging playboy who is himself hot and cold to her. She is ambivalent about losing her virginity that night, willing the next, and determined by the third.

Plot

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers over men, finding that she doesn't always control her moods or actions, and she's impatient with being a virgin. She sets off with her brother to a disco, latching onto an aging playboy who is himself hot and cold to her. She is ambivalent about losing her virginity that night, willing the next, and determined by the third. The playboy's mix of depression and misogyny ends their unconsummated affair, so Lili has to hunt elsewhere.

Written by

Catherine Breillat, Roger Salloch

Directed by

Catherine Breillat

Cast

Delphine Zentout, Etienne Chicot, Olivier Parnière

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

CB Films, French Productions

Languages

Français

Awards

1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
1,634
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA