October 10, 1975

Une Vraie jeune fille (1975) ****

Charlotte Alexandra, who plays the title role in Catherine Breillat's 1975 directorial debut, "Une vraie jeune fille", gives a magnificent performance as a perverse teenager who spends her summer vacations with her parents in South-West France (the Landes region, to be precise). It is what might be called a "physiological picture" as most of it concerns Charlotte's various orifices (her vagina, her ass, her mouth, and even her nose), various liquids that are secreted by those body parts, as well as various objects that might be inserted into them. If you ever wondered what naughty teenage girls are doing when they are bored and alone, here's the chance to find out. Totally uninhibited, the brave actress displays her body without a hint of "pudeur". And what makes it even more brave, her body is far from perfect - her ass is slighly fat, her breasts sag a little and her bush is just a little too thick. But then again, she wouldn't be a "real young girl" otherwise.