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Release year: 1999

Storyline

Marion is a 14 year old girl, on holidays at the sea. She is in conflict with her mother and family. She meets a man there, to whom she feels close. Back in Paris, she goes to see him again. For the first time, she is gonna make love.

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Directors

Emmanuelle Bercot

Writers

Cast

Isild Le Besco — Marion
Olivier Marchal — Marc
Jowan Le Besco — Le garçon, The boy
Catherine Belkhodja — La mère, The mother

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Did you know

• In her book 'Dire vrai', Isild Le Besco talked about her sex scenes in this movie. "I was fourteen at the time of shooting. My mother, Jowan, Léonor and Kolia also played small roles. The family scenes with them were joyful. For the other sequences, which made up the bulk of the film and were shot in Paris, I was alone with the crew. For the deflowering scene of Marion, my character, we needed a shot with the lead actor's sex erect - he'd made a commitment to Emmanuelle [Bercot], as I understood it. We waited for him to get hard before shooting. Well, he had a bit of a hard-on. Not enough for Emmanuelle, who expected more and better. Nevertheless, they started filming. In the scene, I had to stare at the actor's sex. Off-camera, he mumbled in shame. This went on for a long time. The whole team seemed to accept the situation naturally. I was discovering these methods and the discomfort they aroused in me. But I was only fourteen and did as I was told. Shooting with Emmanuelle was an adventure that was both brilliant and nerve-wracking," Le Besco wrote.

• Director Emmanuelle Bercot revealed that Isild Le Besco was still a virgin during filming. "I think it was hard for Isild. After all, she spent eight days shooting in bed with a thirty-five year old man, so it wasn't easy. She'd never kissed a boy in her life, and after promising to do so, she categorically refused to kiss the actor during the shooting. She kept turning her head away and hiding, but in the end it was fine, it was just right," Bercot said.

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