Written and Directed by Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool In The House) Jeune and Jolie (or Young and Beautiful) is a unique look at adolescent development into maturity. Whilst on holiday with her family seventeen year old Isabelle (Marine Vacth) experiences her first sexual relationship with an attractive young man named Felix (Lucas Prisor). A few days later and for no apparent reason Isabelle casts him aside and cuts off all contact with him behaving as if their encounter never happened. When she returns home to Paris Isabelle begins a dangerous new... career; she sets up a profile on an escort website and lies about her age in order to make appointments with older wealthy clients in chic expensive hotel rooms. On the one hand she is a cool professional catering to the sexual whims of the various men she encounters; on the other she is maintaining the illusion of being a regular school student for her parents and friends. Her double life spirals out of control however when the unthinkable happens with one of her regular clients and she is forced to deal with the consequences of what she has been doing. [show more]
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François Ozon writes and directs this French drama following a teenage girl who is discovering her sexuality. The film takes place over the course of a year, split into four different segments for each season. Just before turning 17, student Isabelle (Marine Vacth) loses her virginity during a summer holiday. Before long she turns to prostitution and finds that she is excited and intrigued by the process of going to meet a new client. Initially Isabelle manages to keep her dealings a secret but eventually the truth comes out, much to the consternation of her parents. Can she return to her former life as a schoolgirl?
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