As carefully spun as fine lace. Huppert plays Beatrice, a shy and passive young woman nicknamed "Pomme" ("Apple") who travels to the Normandy coast with her best friend Marylene (Giorgetti) and meets Francois (Beneyton), a middle-class literature student. He is attracted to the sheepish,
freckle-faced Beatrice even though there is an obvious difference in class and education.
They become lovers and get an apartment together in Paris. They are genuinely in love, but their differences begin to surface. Marylene tries to convince Beatrice to do more with her life than be a beautician. She is content, however, with simply loving Francois. When he brings her home to ...
Released:
1977
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins