Fat Girl
À ma sœur !
France • 2001
Director
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Twelve-year-old Anaïs is fat. Her sister, fifteen-year-old Elena, is a beauty. While the girls are on vacation with their parents, Anaïs tags along as Elena explores the dreary seaside town. Elena meets Fernando, an Italian law student; he seduces her with promises of love, and the ever watchful Anaïs bears witness to the corruption of her sister’s innocence. FAT GIRL is not only a portrayal of female adolescent sexuality and the complicated bond between siblings but also a shocking assertion by the always controversial Catherine Breillat that violent oppression exists at the core of male-female relations.
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Anaïs is fat. Her sister, fifteen-year-old Elena, is a beauty. While the girls are on vacation with their parents, Anaïs tags along as Elena explores the dreary seaside town. Elena meets Fernando, an Italian law student; he seduces her with promises of love, and the ever watchful Anaïs bears witness to the corruption of her sister’s innocence. FAT GIRL is not only a portrayal of female adolescent sexuality and the complicated bond between siblings but also a shocking assertion by the always controversial Catherine Breillat that violent oppression exists at the core of male-female relations.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorCatherine Breillat
WriterCatherine Breillat
CinematographerGiorgos Arvanitis
EditorPascale Chavance
ProducerJean-François Lepetit, Conchita Airoldi
Cast
Anaïs Rebouxas Anaïs Pingot
Roxane Mesquidaas Elena Pingot
Libero De Rienzoas Fernando
Arsinée Khanjianas Mother
