L'Effrontée (1985)

Avec Charlotte Gainsbourg, Clothilde Baudon, Julie Glenn, Bernadette Lafont…

Charlotte, treize ans, en a terminé avec l'enfance et si elle sait ce qu'elle ne veut plus être, elle ne sait pas encore ce qu'elle veut devenir. L'adoration que lui voue Lulu, une petite voisine de six ans, l'agace, et elle est fascinée par Clara Bauman, enfant prodige et pianiste surdouée qui a le même âge qu'elle…

For Charlotte, a 13 year old girl living in a rural village in France, adolescence is proving to be a traumatic experience. Her father has little time for her and she no longer sees eye to eye with her maid, Léone, whom she regards as a poor substitute for the mother who died some years ago. Add to that a vulgar brother and an immature younger friend, Lulu, who is always whinging about her illness, and it is not hard to see why Charlotte wants to get away and start a new life. Her chance of escape appears to come when she makes contact with a star child pianist, Clara Baumann. Clara seems to be so taken by Charlotte that she offers her a job as her impresario after her next concert. Scarcely able to believe her good fortune, Charlotte packs her suitcase and awaits the fated day of the concert with impatience. In the meantime, she allows a young sailor, Jean, to flirt with her… …