After several years of absence, Viviane has settled down and returned to Montherme, a small town in the Ardennes where her parents and younger half-brother, Marc, live. In contact with this elder sister whom he has sublimated, this fifteen-year-old high school student will have a tough time learning independence.
Viviane has settled down. Oh really,she has? She actually leads a wild life and one never sees her work ,though she 's very clever (that's what we are told ,in fact ,it's hardly noticeable ) .She has her half teenage brother in tow who follows her in all her adventures and affairs :we're told he's got a school report so good his father wants to frame it (once again,he never studies,never opens a book ,and we're supposed to believe he's an A student )
The screenplay is desultory,consisting of parties where people roar Christophe 's "Aline ", of sleeping arounds ,including one with both principals. As for the boy,he takes a back seat to his half-sister , and his homosexuality comes at the most awkward moment ;to be convincing ,the movie should have focused on him and not to insist on the (finally true) romance of the fickle girl with a Pole working in France .
In the cafe John Cale 's "you know more than I know" is heard ;what do you suppose that means?
