Effrontée, L' (1985)

Director:

Claude Miller

Writers:

Claude Miller (writer) &
Luc Béraud (writer) ...

Release Date:

11 December 1985 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

Charlotte (Gainsbourg) is being raised without a mother. She is only 13 but ready to be an adult. She meets an older boy and begins a relationship while teaching a young friend about life and learning the ropes herself. |

Plot Keywords:

Teenage Boy | Nipples | Teenage Girl | Teenager In Love | Lesbian Interest

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Charlotte Castang
Clothilde Baudon	...	Clara Bauman
Julie Glenn	...	Lulu
Bernadette Lafont	...	Léone
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Sam
Jean-Philippe Écoffey	...	Jean
Raoul Billerey	...	Antoine Castang
Richard Guerry	...	Regard sombre
Simon de La Brosse	...	Jacky Castang (as Simon de la Brosse)
Cédric Liddell	...	Pierre-Alain Gallabert
Chantal Banlier	...	Serveuse perroquet
Philippe Baronnet	...	Professeur de gymnastique
Louisa Shafa	...	Femme vestiaire

Also Known As:

Charlotte and Lulu
Impudent Girl

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Chambéry, Savoie, France

Company:

Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)

Movie Connections:

Features The Exorcist (1973)

Soundtrack:

Sara perche ti amo

A great French film

This film was my cult film when I was a teenager (I must have seen it 10 times). Now I'm older (!) and I saw it again recently. I was slightly disappointed because it was not as good as in my souvenirs but still, I would recommend it and say it's a great film. If you want to see another side of France than what you usually get to see, this film is interesting. I just read Carson Mc Culler's "The Member of the Wedding" and was surprised to see how many common points there were with "L'effrontée". Does anyone know if the film was inspired by it? Common points: - The main character is a teenage girl, she's bored and a bit lonely; it's the summer and she watches other people having fun. She hangs out with a little neighbor (in the film) or her cousin (in the book), both younger than her. - She has no mother. She is raised by her father and by a nanny/helper. - At one point, she watches older teenagers having fun in a dancing club and feels a bit jealous, though she won't admit it. - To feel "grown-up", she uses perfume. - At one point, she follows an older guy into a hotel and when she understands that he wants to sleep with her, she hits him on the head with a glass globe (in the film) or a glass pitcher (in the book), escapes,and then asks her dad: "If you hit someone on the head with something very heavy, made of glass, do you think it could kill him?" At some another point, she says "the world is very sudden" in the book and in French, in the film, she says "le monde est brusque" (same meaning; that was also the word used in the French translation of the novel). That's too much to be a coincidence, isn't it? - And finally, both characters feel that they are "the member to no club" and that they are different because they don't feel "connected" to anyone...