Leaving aside the shocker of an ending, the most memorable part of Catherine Breillat's deeply disturbing drama FAT GIRL (2001) is the crucial sex scene in which Elena (Roxane Mesquida), the titular tween's pretty, 15-year-old sister, is seduced by a handsome Italian law student (Libero De Rienzo) who uses every trick in the cad's playbook to relieve Elena of her virginity. It's not merely the scene's length that's remarkable, nor the extraordinary performances the director coaxes from her young, relatively inexperienced actors, but the fact that Breillat chose to shoot in one lengthy take. Throw in a difficult actor, an equally temperamental director and an oversize...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
92 mins