Surprised how much I liked this one. Great performance by Marine Vacth as the title character who slides into becoming a call girl during her teenage years. It’s a little cold, a little Skinemax… but its always compelling and it never becomes a standard cautionary tale. It’s Ozon so of course it looks amazing. Plus you get M83 and Francois Hardy on the soundtrack… And a late appearance by the most beautiful woman ever Charlotte Rampling.
Elliott Gould and I came to the American Cinematheque for the 2024 edition of Bleak Week and showed the film he made with Ingmar Bergman called “The Touch.” During the Q&A we started talking about the movie he made right before working with Bergman called “Little Murders” - and both of us instantly thought it belonged in Bleak Week too! We promised on stage to bring it down for the following year’s festival and last night we kept our word.…
