WED JUN 7, 2023 7:00 PM FAT GIRL $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by Cindy Flores, Programming Assistant at American Cinematheque ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year Two’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: In French with English subtitles Twelve-year-old Anaïs is fat. Her sister, fifteen-year-old Elena, is a beauty. While the girls are on vacation with their parents, Anaïs tags along as Elena explores the dreary seaside town. Elena meets Fernando, an Italian law student; he seduces her with promises of love, and the ever watchful Anaïs bears witness to the corruption of her sister’s innocence. FAT GIRL is not only a portrayal of female adolescent sexuality and the complicated bond between siblings but also a shocking assertion by the always controversial Catherine Breillat that violent oppression exists at the core of male-female relations. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus COUNTRY: France