ENTERTAINMENT / Movies
Teen romance "Just About Love" a sweet affair
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-05-30 19:26
CANNES - French filmmaker Lola Doillon's charming but slight
rites-of-passage film "Just About Love" follows two likable teenage girls
who make a pact to lose their virginity before summer is over. In fact,
they manage it before school's out.
There's nothing new in the familiar tale -- which screened at the recent
Cannes Film Festival -- but it is told with gentle humor and without
ogling its attractive young performers. It could do well with young
international audiences.
Elodie (Lucie Desclozeaux) and Julie (Christa Theret) are best friends at
high school with a gregarious gang of mates including Vincent (Gael
Tavares) and Nicolas (Nicolas Schweri).
Elodie is bright but self-contained, while Julie, who favors the goth
look, is more adventurous. They make their pact determined that their
first partners will not be from among their buddies.
Elodie has her eye on an older boy in school, but he's too cool for the
room. Vincent, her closest male friend, is in love with her, but Elodie
thinks being with him would be like making love to her brother. Julie has
no one in mind, but one day after getting wet in some classroom horseplay
she is changing her top when Vincent stumbles upon her. Caught up in the
moment, they give in to sudden passion.
Being male, Vincent can't keep his mouth shut, though he would prefer
Elodie not learn of it. Meanwhile, Nicolas makes a bet that he can seduce
Julie now that she's turned that particular corner. The usual adolescent
games begin.
The story is told with affection and no exploitation of the young
players. Vincent is black, and it is indicative of the film's honest
intentions that no reference is made to that. "Love" is refreshingly
natural even if it is almost instantly forgettable.
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