36 Fillette (1988)
Directed by Catherine Breillat
A 14-year-old pursues romance with a man while vacationing with her family in Switzerland.
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Director Catherine Breillat, who made the repulsive "36 Fillette" a few years ago, launches her heroine on a ludicrous I-can't-get-no-satisfaction sexual odyssey that's as pointless as it is pretentious (though she does seem to have more fun than Tom Cruise in " Eyes Wide Shut ").
With her new feature, Romance, Catherine Breillat (best known in the U.S. for 36 Fillette ) comes closer than any director that I know of to finding a means of expressing the most basic human emotions -- love, longing, fear, insecurity -- in the language of sexuality.
The seriousness of Breillat ("36 Fillette") is never in question, at least as far as the taint of exploitation is concerned.
Director Catherine Breillat (36 Fillette) tries to bridge the gap between mainstream films and porno films with Romance but this sex story doesn't have the depth to complete the trip.