L'adolescente

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In 1939, a 13-year-old girl develops a crush on the town's Jewish doctor while visiting her grandmother. Her parents have an affair with the doctor. When her father returns, tensions arise r... Read allIn 1939, a 13-year-old girl develops a crush on the town's Jewish doctor while visiting her grandmother. Her parents have an affair with the doctor. When her father returns, tensions arise regarding the relationships and the impending war.In 1939, a 13-year-old girl develops a crush on the town's Jewish doctor while visiting her grandmother. Her parents have an affair with the doctor. When her father returns, tensions arise regarding the relationships and the impending war.

Director
- Jeanne Moreau
Writers
- Henriette Jelinek
- Jeanne Moreau
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6.2/10

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Director
- Jeanne Moreau
Writers
- Henriette Jelinek
- Jeanne Moreau
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Jeanne Moreau revealed it was very difficult to find someone for the role of Marie and she auditioned about forty little girls before meeting Laetitia Chauveau. "At the last minute, I met Laetitia who had never acted before, but was a schoolgirl. I had to be very tactful with her because she resisted what I wanted her to express," Moreau said.

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L'Adolescente
Music by Philippe Sarde
Lyrics by Jeanne Moreau
Performed by Jeanne Moreau and Yves Duteil

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9/10

Easily overlooked masterpiece

Directed by no-one less than Jeanne Moreau, this movie, known for it's quality as one of the standards in the 'Coming of age' genre, is far more than that. It's a story about 'La douceur de vivre', or the 'The gentle way of life' - the pureness of French country-life in the years before the second world war. It's an extremely well crafted story of love, death and life, and the little secrets the villagers share, seen through the eyes of a perfectly authentic 13-year-old girl.

Simone Signoret gives a stunning performance, subtle and genuine, as the grand-mere (Mamie) of Marie, guiding her grandchild through the summer and her first encounters with love and romance. Marie falls in love with a Jewish doctor, 30 years of age, only to find that the doctor has more interest in her Dutch mother, who is in the middle of marital troubles with her dominant spouse. Marie realizes she will be the only one who can save her parents marriage and, with the help of Mamie, consults the local 'witch' to create a love-potion.

The question is, will everything return to normal, before the end of summer? And if war awaits, will life ever be the same again? One thing's for sure: you'll only lose childhood once, and it will never return...