Marie Baie Des Anges

Bursting with unrestrained energy and light, Manuel Pradal's debut film celebrates reckless and fickle youth. Marie (Vahina Giocante) is a carefree 14-year-old with no home to go to and lots of time to curry favor with American sailors, some of whom dance around and mug for the camera as though they were in some lost Gene Kelly movie. But the group Marie is touring the countryside with are altogether more conventional and just want to get in her knickers. Marie is just as popular with the local boys, particularly Orso (Frédéric Malgras), a sullen young thug as stubborn as a charcoal stain on a white linen dress. The boys run around swimming, attacking women and com...