Young & Beautiful (2013) Figures Form & technique
The recurring motif of Isabelle gazing at her reflection or directly into the camera. → The Gaze (Le Regard) The film's narrative structure, divided into four seasons, each accompanied by a Françoise Hardy song. The final scene where Isabelle meets with Alice, the wife of her deceased client. Tropes
Isabelle's choice to become a prostitute. → The Enterprise of the Self The clinical and detached depiction of sexual encounters. → The Abject Borderline The poem by Arthur Rimbaud, "No one's serious at seventeen" (*On n'est pas sérieux, quand on a dix-sept ans*), read in the film. → The Cinematic Echo Chamber Isabelle's use of a secret online identity, "Léa". → The Performed Self The encounter between Isabelle and her final older client, Georges, which ends in his death. Films most connected to Young & Beautiful