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Mauvaise fille

1991 · 85 min

A quiet, watchful character study of a young woman carrying too much for too long, with a muted ache beneath the surface.

Overview
Rose, 20, lives in Camargue with her brother Vincent, her elder, and her mechanic father who has never recovered from the departure of their mother when they were children. She serves as the wife and mother to both and, tired of this situation, she wants to go to Marseille to find a job, and then live there.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • isolation
    • coming-of-age
    • identity
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Régis Franc
    Written by
    Michèle Andreucci, André Téchiné, Régis Franc
    Starring
    Florence Pernel, Yvan Attal, Daniel Gélin, Christian Vadim, Nicolás Rojas, Florián Escartín, Bruno Dega, Frédéric Saurel
    Cinematography
    Jean-Claude Larrieu
    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    France, Switzerland
    Languages
    French

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