A very good movie

For the international community, Vanessa Paradis has been mostly known for her long running relationship with Johnny Depp, resulting in 2 kids. Well, in France, she has been one of the most famous singers for almost 30 years, starting with her hit ‘Joe le taxi’ when she was just 15 years old. She pretty much became a star overnight and, a couple of years later, she also gave her acting debut. For this movie, Paradis was only 17 years old but she already displayed some solid acting chops and she was rewarded the César for the Most Promising Actress, something that the likes of Mariah Carey, Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera obviously didn’t achieve with their respective abysmal acting debut. Basically, it is a dark and intense drama about a doomed love affair between a teacher and a young student played by Paradis. It was some rather controversial material but it was never exploitative and the young actress was rewarded for taking such risks. Unfortunately, she would stop acting and would come back only 6 years later for ‘Élisa’ which would be another hit in France. To conclude, even though it is nowadays pretty much forgotten, I think it is a pretty good drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.

8/10