A Ma Soeur (DVD)

A Ma Soeur (DVD): Remember Your First Time? (18+) (1045 words)
by sirg0508 - written on 01.10.05 (Very useful, 324 readings)
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'A Ma Soeur!' AKA 'Fat Girl' is a film about holiday romance, sibling rivalry and that first time having sex showing a more sinister side to anything following the same lines from American film makers. This French film shows the real feelings of young teens in certain situations and how younger people are growing up a lot quicker as it begins with drama but moving into the final scenes as a horror movie. Set in France, Elena and her younger sister Anaïs are on holiday with their mother when they meet an Italian law student Fernando. Elena is the pretty one in the family while Anaïs eats and is the fat one. Fernando is much older than Elena but he wants to ...

The brilliancy of Breillat (378 words)
by MartynColebrook - written on 26.03.02 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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Catherine Breillat returns with yet another brutal yet compelling cinematic offering. A Ma Soeur (literally 'For My Sister' is both intriguing and harrowing as it explores the nature of sisterhood, femininity and what defines the passage from giril into woman. 'A Ma Soeur' is also known under the title of 'Fat Girl' in certain English adverts and concentrates on the relationship between Anais and Elena, two sisters who are totally different, both physically and emotionally. Elena is vampish and attracts the attentions of an Italian student whilst she is on holiday with her parents; a repressed mother and a workaholic father. Given the ...