24 March 2014-03-24
Out in the UK this week Jeune et Jolie (Lionsgate, cert 18, Blu-ray/DVD) Being hot is like a weapon. Thatās what director/writer FranƧois Ozonās drama about a French schoolgirlās double life as a hooker seems to be saying. Ozon casts beautiful Marine Vacth as Isabelle, his teenage temptress, in a story that sees Isabelle offering her young bedflesh for cash to older gents, some of whom are nice, while others are only too keen to abuse their power. Meanwhile, at home, the girlās beauty goes unremarked upon, until exactly what sheās been doing with it becomes apparent to mum, stepdad and their various friends, who react as if someone shouted āfireā. Ozon pits … Read more