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‘A Girl’s Story’ Review: Judith Godrèche’s Assured Feature Debut Tells a Bitter Tale of Sexual Initiation in 1950s France
The resemblance between Judith Godrèche and her daughter Tess Barthélemy — also the luminous lead of her mother’s debut feature “A Girl’s Life” — will be particularly powerful for anyone familiar with Godrèche’s teenage breakthrough role in the 1990 Jacques Doillon drama “The Disenchanted.” Watching the doe-eyed Barthélémy in this assured adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s […]
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According to Variety’s source item, ‘A Girl’s Story’ Review: Judith Godrèche’s Assured Feature Debut Tells a Bitter Tale of Sexual Initiation in 1950s France, The resemblance between Judith Godrèche and her daughter Tess Barthélemy — also the luminous lead of her mother’s debut feature “A Girl’s Life” — will be particularly powerful for anyone familiar with Godrèche’s teenage breakthrough role in the 1990 Jacques Doillon drama “The Disenchanted.” Watching the doe-eyed Barthélémy in this assured adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s […]
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