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A chronicle of the life of a middle-class French girl's sexual adventures, her then fall into prostitution, and her ultimate redemption.
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Interesting take on the idea of sex, where main character played very well by Belen Fabra uses it as a vehicle to get to know herself more. Christian Molina directs masterfully but the overall story is pretty run-of-the-mill. It has its moments but never really manages to tickle in a way for instance Lars von Trier was able to, with his Nymphomaniac movies. It's still fairly good though, so if you enjoy stories about the world's oldest profession, it's worth giving it a shot.
Belén Fabra gave her all (literally) in this role, and she deserves recognition for that because the movie put her in all kinds of situations. The problem was that everything else was pretty meh. Val's story went from sexually liberated woman to self-destructive spiral to luxury prostitution, and although it tried to be deep and provocative, it ended up feeling like something from a late night Antena 3 show from the 2000s. [SPOILER] The part with Jaime and how the relationship ended was the most interesting, but the ending at the brothel felt forced and morbid without any real narrative reason. [/SPOILER] You could tell it wanted to be transgressive and talk about taboo topics, but the result was more voyeurism than reflection. At least Fabra gave it her all, otherwise it would have been directly unbearable.