A Real Young Girl
1976 · 94 min · Director: Catherine Breillat
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Reluctantly, only child Alice Bonnard, a sulky and curious adolescent, returns to her parents' provincial farm house for yet another boring and endless end-of term vacation from boarding school, in the summer of 1963. Sadly, what awaits her there is a farce of a happy family, a strenuous generation gap, lonely outings with her bicycle and an awkward and clumsy transcendental stage between a girl's puberty and a young woman's adolescence. Nevertheless, as if by instinct, Alice the unripe explorer of her budding sexuality, she will find herself infatuated with Jim, a masculine pouting workman in her father's saw mill, dabbling in desire and the art of desirability, self-exploration and autoeroticism as an antidote to boredom. Eventually, young Alice mixing reality with vision, sexual fantasies and the fierce caged female sexuality with every visceral fluid possible, the undefined boundaries of the unfathomable realm of sex become ever so slightly clear, under an immature life's bubbly French Pop soundtrack.
Emotional fingerprint
A Real Young Girl (1976) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Curiosity 30%, Melancholy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Curiosity30%
- Melancholy25%
- Anxiety20%
- Sadness15%
- Love10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Curiosity, Melancholy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Curiosity, Melancholy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.3/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 57/100.
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Emotional journey
- Melancholy
- Tension
- Disturbing
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Melancholy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Melancholy | Tension | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Melancholy | 37 % | 30 % | 18 % | 8 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Melancholy | 33 % | 24 % | 21 % | 8 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Melancholy | 35 % | 26 % | 23 % | 15 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Melancholy | 45 % | 34 % | 29 % | 26 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Tension | 46 % | 31 % | 36 % | 24 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Melancholy | 45 % | 33 % | 36 % | 20 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Empathy | 49 % | 39 % | 31 % | 25 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Melancholy | 48 % | 41 % | 23 % | 23 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Melancholy | 49 % | 40 % | 25 % | 24 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Disturbing | 53 % | 38 % | 31 % | 29 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Melancholy | 50 % | 39 % | 28 % | 26 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Disturbing | 55 % | 33 % | 38 % | 41 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Disturbing | 66 % | 26 % | 53 % | 60 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Disturbing | 67 % | 30 % | 52 % | 58 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Tension | 60 % | 43 % | 52 % | 40 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Melancholy | 57 % | 39 % | 48 % | 34 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Tension | 54 % | 29 % | 45 % | 34 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Disturbing | 56 % | 31 % | 50 % | 36 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Tension | 62 % | 38 % | 58 % | 32 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Mr. Bonnard
Martial
TV Commentator (voice) (archive footage)
Voice of Alice Bonnard (voice) (uncredited)
Martine (uncredited)
L'Exhibitionniste (uncredited)
Self (on TV) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Le Chanteur (uncredited)
Details
- Directed by
- Catherine Breillat
- Written by
- Catherine Breillat
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1976
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Country
- France
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Curiosity
- Data updated
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