La puce

Name: La puce
Genre: Drama, Short
Released: 1999-11-17
Duration: 40 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Isild Le Besco, Olivier Marchal, Jowan Le Besco

1999
40m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

199

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Drama Short

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.... Read allMarion 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.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.

Director
- Emmanuelle Bercot
Writers
- Emmanuelle Bercot
- Michel Meyer
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

199

YOUR RATING

Director
- Emmanuelle Bercot
Writers
- Emmanuelle Bercot
- Michel Meyer
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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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.

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8/10

Her "first time"

About the title, the French word "puce" has a double meaning: "sweetie" or "virgin girl". This short movie (40 min) was the "Diploma work" of Emmanuelle Bercot when she studied movie direction at the FEMIS, the French school of cinema (formerly EDHEC).

Marion, 14 yo, the age of the teenage years rebellions, is on holidays with her mother at the sea. She feels moved by the interest she arouses in an older man. She decides to meet him in Paris and to "take the plunge". So, another Lolita-like flick or some French "American Beauty"? Not at all, contrary to the former ones, Emmanuelle Bercot takes the point of view of the girl. She elaborates that subject with both delicacy and realism. Here they are neither nice flowers nor honeyed music, the cinematography is restrained, no bright colors, the image is almost black and white, the camera work very accurate. It's one of the first noticed performance of Isild Le Besco, 17 yo at that time, totally convincing in that very young girl character, her curiosity, her hesitancy. You'll notice that impressive and moving shot of Marion checking her body, looking for THE change in it. But IMHO, the last 20 seconds close-up ending the movie is a bit unconvincing, but I'm maybe nitpicking...