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Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

 film starring Delphine Zentout and Oliver Parniere, directed by Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat is a French filmmaker, novelist and Professor of Auteur Cinema at the European Graduate School.-Life and career:Breillat was born in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, but grew up in Niort...

. It is the story of a sexually-curious and rebellious 14-year-old (played by 16-year-old Zentout) who has an emotionally-charged and dually-manipulative relationship with an older man.

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.

Cast

• Delphine Zentout as Lili
• Etienne Chicot as Maurice
• Olivier Parnière as Bertrand
• Jean-Pierre Léaud
  Jean-Pierre Léaud
  -Early years:Born in Paris, Léaud made his major debut as an actor at the age of 14 as Antoine Doinel, a semi-autobiographical character based on the life events of French film director François Truffaut, in The 400 Blows....
  
   as Boris Golovine
• Berta Domínguez D. as Anne-Marie
• Jean-François Stévenin
  Jean-François Stévenin
  Jean-François Stévenin is a French actor. He has appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the film Cold Moon, which was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Out 1...
  
   as The father
• Diane Bellego as Georgia
• Adrienne Bonnet as The mother
• Stephane Moquet as Ca-Pe
• Cécile Henry as Maetitia
• Michel Scotto di Carlo as Stéphane
• Anny Chasson as Mme Weber
• Jean-Claude Binoc as M. Weber
• Christian Lafitte as Le conducteur
• Christian Andia as Doorman 'Opium'