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This is only a passable thriller I guess, but I found it interesting for several reasons. First, it is surprisingly trashy and unpretentious for a French movie. While the Italians and the Spanish have made tons of movies like this, the French have always seemed more hesitant to make flat-out genre or exploitation movies without a lot of high-art pretensions. This film is a trashy "lethal Lolita"-type flick along the lines of "Pretty Poison" or "The Crush" (or Italian equivalents like "Peccati di gioventu"). The cinematography, however, is quite impressive--up to the high French standards of arthouse films like "Pauline on the Beach" or "One Wild Moment". It helps that, like those movies, it was filmed in a cinematographer's paradise, the south of France. And, of course, it also features the very, um, photogenic Valerie Kaprisky (who is usually topless and often completely nude) as the lethal Lolita. Kaprisky was in some pretty interesting French movies like this and "La Femme Publique" before she was no doubt black-balled for appearing in the horrible Hollywood remake of "Breathless" with Richard Gere. This one is pretty hard to find, but is definitely worth looking for.

A tedious, drawn out film about rich French people lounging on the beach, screwing each other and playing social power games.

Main character is a narcissistic teenage girl who likes to manipulate and seduce people.

None of the characters are likeable and are hardly relatable. They are all vapid and sometimes despicable. That is probably the point of the film, but it is difficult to suspend your disbelief when you can't relate to a single character in the film.

The movie did not need to be two hours long. There is probably a combined total 30+ minutes of close-up shots of the lead actress just staring past the camera.

The only redeemable parts about the film are that it does a good job of immersing the viewer in the setting, is sometimes sexy and has good cinematography and editing.

Almost every review for this film asks: is this just an excuse to show beautiful topless women? If everyone keeps asking that it's because it is an excuse to show topless women. The only dramatic tension in this soufflé is while Valerie take her top or not? After a while this disappears since she's always topless for most of the film. The story is risible. The mother basically smokes and drinks throughout the movie (and takes her top off as well). The dramatic denouement at the end (don't worry, I won't spoil it) is so underwhelming and filmed in an uninspired manner that you only then realize that the filmmakers were truly only interested in showing topless women. They were too lazy to come up with something else. I like Valerie Kaprisky. There's something bold about her (she's clearly allergic to clothes) but when she has clothes on, one sorta has a hard time noticing her. It's then that one realizes she's ordinary.

Not for everyone: one could almost dismiss it as a soft sexploitation movie from the eighties. But no.

This is about an obsessive little girl who is turning into a woman. The characters around her are here to reflect the wicked light she is shining, and emphasize facets of her personality, as she is wrecking havoc around her.

It is all then about the sexual desires of women and men. How they cheat. Whom they love. What it is that they want. What they would do to get it. Only one character is "not normal " in this movie, and this is the scary part: all the others could be us to some degree.

One flaw in this movie: the voice-over on two occasions. Obviously the director could not find a way could convey the message. Pity. Otherwise, it would have a perfect little venomous movie.

The only reason I give this movie 3 stars is that the filmography is pretty nice and the main star is gorgeous. But story wise,this is an excellent exemple of why many French films have a reputation of being extremely boring and going nowhere fast.

This is a fine demonstration of this .

Crap.

"L'Année Des Méduses" does not contain a shred of plot in its 109 (!) minutes; at the same time, it lacks any interesting characters and/or insights to pick up the slack. That leaves the nudity, which is abundant and spectacular, although even there the filmmakers commit a strategic mistake: by having several characters, including the leads, topless within the first few minutes, they lay all their cards on the table too soon: the viewers have seen it all (literally) and have nothing to look forward to. So even though Valerie Kaprisky and Caroline Cellier are both very attractive and very uninhibited, most of the film, with the possible exception of a couple of scenes involving Barbara Nielsen, is about as erotic as a Wall Street report. And about as boring. * out of 4.

Based on the book of the same name by Christopher Frank, who also wrote and directed the movie, L'année des méduses is a coming-of-age mostly interested in the sexual awakening of the protagonist, Chris, played by Valérie Kaprisky, who, in the lapse of three years, will try to lure Romain, her mother's lover, while vacationing on the French Riviera.

Saint-Tropez, with its beautiful beaches and the sun always shining, seems like the perfect setting for a movie interested in elevating the erotic aspects of the story. It enhances what is mostly carried by Valérie Kaprisky, whose character's preferences in outfits exudes not only the feeling of summer, but also an inner desire whose core intention can only find reification through that choice alone.

Even though L'année des méduses has a good start, it doesn't take too much time for it to disclose its lacks. The plot suffers from an uneven execution where the purpose of the story and the character's intentions are not clear until later, risking losing interest in the movie. The ending is rushed and is not delivered, in its intention, effectively. These problems render the movie an exercise devoid of any interesting aspect besides a nice cinematography, Valérie Kaprisky, and Betty Assenza.

Chris (Valerie Kaprisky) and her mother Claude (Caroline Cellier) are spending their vacation at a beach resort in the Côte d'Azur. Chris is an 18 year old teenager that is searching for her place in the world – she is sensitive, amoral, egocentric, erratic… and to get what she wants she doesn't mind trampling on other people. There's a hidden rivalry between Chris and her mother, Claude. Chris watches Claude and her relationships with a mixed feeling of jealousy and indignation, but the funny thing is that her mother seems not to be aware of what's taking place within Chris's mind. Chris has many relationships – She is sweet and dangerous - Chris takes people, uses them and disposes of them - she destroys them if necessary. But Chris feels also insecure and doesn't really know what she wants and where to go.

The Côte d'Azur of the 80s is very freewheeling. Mother (Claude) and daughter (Chris) sunbathe topless (all the women on the beach do the same), and nudity is no problem at all in "L'Année des Meduses" (The year of the jellyfish). The beautiful Valerie Kaprisky appears frequently naked, but "The year of the jellyfish" is not an exploitation film and the nudity comes naturally - it plays an important part in the environment described by the film. People go to the Côte d'Azur (or any other beach resort) not just to swim, enjoy the scenery or go to discos - they are also looking for something different… different love games, new thrills etc...

There's a difference between "The year of the jellyfish" and the similar-themed Italian films of the 70s (perverse/sweet teenage girl). The Italian films (at least those that I've seen), are sexual/romantic (sex and fantasy) and they may be cynical, but many of them are also a bit naive and sentimental. "The year of the jellyfish", on the other hand, is more grim, but it's neither a gray, nor an existentialist film - there's the Côte d'Azur, the girls, the beautiful scenery and the blue sky… and the film displays a subtle irony and sense of humor. Besides showing a greater sense of reality there's sometimes a discreet poetry in its images.

Those that are tired of the conventional youth films made nowadays should check out "The year of the jellyfish" – it's a breath of fresh air.

There is a much bigger story here than I'd spelled out in the script. Think about it. Don't be distracted by the nudity and undressing. That's not the story. Consider how did Chris get to know certain people when she was 16. How did her mom not know? Why is Dad acting so detached? Put all that together and the real story comes out. No, you are not led by the hand. No, you are not explained the most intriguing part of this drama. And no, you shouldn't act as though a topless beach club is risque in France. Just down from this club is a fully nude beach club. This is normal in Saint Tropez. No no no! Don't be distracted. Dig into this story and find the true villains. The first thing I said to my wife when the movie ended: now here's a movie that gives people a lot to consider when it's over.

..and you will have a good idea of this film. I haven't seen it in years, might have been on Bravo before they went edited and commercial... Anyway, the plot summary doesn't do this film justice. This is an excellent trashy movie about a good little bad girl who does a lot of naked damage for no real reason other than some mommy issues. Truly textbook psych101 stuff but still fun to watch.

The motivation for Kaprisky's character (Chris) is as unusual as the use of jelly fish in this movie. The box cover and the reviews for this 1984 sleeper showcase this movie as the sexiest and most controversial film since Last Tango in Paris. Although it has as much, if not more nudity, there is no passion. Year of the Jelly Fish is the story of a young girl, becoming a woman. But there is more to the story. Somewhat of a sex craved youngster, Kaprisky portrays an innocent girl who doesn't want to be innocent. Then again, sex is not her reward. There is an unexplained mom / daughter relationship that has its moments on screen, but overall fails to really explain the struggle between the two characters. The men that these two women share is a struggle in itself. Both characters want to be loved, then again, sometimes all it is is sex that drives them both.

The movie has a series of moments that keep Kaprisky fans watching. The rest of the movie tries to remain serious, but for todays audience, it fails to hold up. All in all, this is a must see for Kaprisky fans. It is one of her best and most "looked for" films in her career.

I choose that movie spontaneously. I never heard that movie before and don't know any actor or actress but when I watch I aware that the movie totally touches the emotions about love and relationships belong the family, lovers and humans. On the other hand the time has chosen specifically. Because the side of the sea during the summer love is alive every time. So I love the subject and I started to follow the director's other movies. I believe that I can really find very important character analysis in other movies too. Entirely when you watch that movie just focus on the relationship. Absolutely you will find very unique behaviours. Keep going 👏🏼

I recall this one after hours Cinemax(?( Admittedly watching this several times,true no dialog we know Valerie and Caroline (don't want their character names) however if you prefer beautiful French naked women for the hell of whatever, year of jellyfish is on your mind.

What is quite humorous is how Bernard(?) and these women parade in the nude,then get fully clothed in one second. I remember Valerie is 'Breathless', another reason why I liked her in 'Leanne de Medusas' . Near the end she gets on the boat and pushed the lover overboard and falls in the water,surrounded by sea creatures and drops dead. I don't believe they know Valerie was the pusher. Well worth viewing.