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13-year-old Ava learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected, and she confronts the problem in her own way.13-year-old Ava learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected, and she confronts the problem in her own way.13-year-old Ava learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected, and she confronts the problem in her own way.
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- TriviaLaure Calamy has several nude scenes in this movie. "I feel very quickly at ease. Nudity tells something primitive, it transcends the times, it is universal," she says. In a dreamy scene, she appears with her legs spread on a counter. "I suggested to Léa Mysius that we see a little more than the pubic hair, that the vulva appears, in a slightly primitive state. She was so happy, she framed the sex in the center of the shot! I think it's great, it's almost political."
- GoofsAva gets pretty bad vision in dark places early in the film, to the point where she can't see a hand waved a few centimeters in front of her face standing beside a fire at night. Later she gets into an abandoned building with almost no light coming in and she sees even small objects perfectly.
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Written and Performed by Nina Hagen and Jun Miyake
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For a debut feature, this is nicely done, with some pleasantly-surprising turns that help avoid the cliches of the coming-of-age-rebellion trope.
As someone else has said, she doesn't really need to be 13 for the plot to work. Something like 16 would have been fine, and the fact that Noee was older than 13 at the time of filming would not have been so obvious. However, IMHO, she is excellent in this - even better than in Slalom, which I also saw recently.
Despite the underlying tragedy of her situation (horrifying disease prognosis, useless mother...), there are some nice touches of humour (loved the dog on the moped) and sweetness from the supporting characters (such as the bride).
Recommended.
As someone else has said, she doesn't really need to be 13 for the plot to work. Something like 16 would have been fine, and the fact that Noee was older than 13 at the time of filming would not have been so obvious. However, IMHO, she is excellent in this - even better than in Slalom, which I also saw recently.
Despite the underlying tragedy of her situation (horrifying disease prognosis, useless mother...), there are some nice touches of humour (loved the dog on the moped) and sweetness from the supporting characters (such as the bride).
Recommended.
- derek-duerden
- Mar 22, 2023
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- 那年夏天的微光
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- €2,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $497,676
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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