36 Fillette

The title refers to a child’s dress size, which the film’s heroine, Lili, has unmistakably outgrown. A sullen, uncommunicative 14 year old vacationing with her family in Biarritz, Lili is clearly ready to strike out on her own. She does so by dressing up in jeans, a corset and a raincoat, then hitching a ride to the local nightclub in search of adventure. Not surprisingly, adventure comes her way! “36 Fillette”, written and directed by French novelist Catherine Breillat, is based on one of her novels.

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Credits

production company

Gaumont-British Instructional

co-producer

Emmanuel Schlumberger

Valerie Seydoux

director

Catherine Breillat

Duration

01:30:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302320

Languages

English

French

Audience classification

R (18+)

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenage girls

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenagers - Sexual behavior

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - France

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenage girls

Foreign language films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q176660

TMDB-Movie

465

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France, 1988