The portrait of a 17 year-old girl, in 4 seasons and 4 songs.
Ultimately, this film signals towards complexity without probing its subject matter fully.
An open text, though one that doesn't add up to much whichever way you chose to look at it.
Ozon keeps the melodrama at bay to deliver a typically subversive study of growing pains. And in Vacth he’s found a real star-in-waiting.
Another typically assured piece of work from Ozon with a showstopping turn from newcomer Vacth. Expect to see a lot more from her.
Sex with no explanations.
The Françoise Hardy songs and chic settings give the film the feel of an upmarket shampoo commercial.
The film's intense seriousness can only be appreciated by not taking it too seriously.
The whiff of fatuousness pervades François Ozon's film.
General release. Check local listings for show times.