It's been interesting to see all the parallels and, even more likely, the blueprint that Breillat lays out in earlier movies and then either revisits or modernizes down the line.
Perfect Love is to LAST SUMMER as A REAL YOUNG GIRL is to 36 FILLETTE and FAT GIRL. She obviously focuses on the sexual identity, growth, and exploration of the feminine characters but in Perfect Love, same as LAST SUMMER, there's a good deal of masculine commentary and depiction that separates them from some of her other motifs.
It's been interesting to see all the parallels and, even more likely, the blueprint that Breillat lays out in earlier movies and then either revisits or modernizes down the line.
Perfect Love is to LAST SUMMER as A REAL YOUNG GIRL is to 36 FILLETTE and FAT GIRL. She obviously focuses on the sexual identity, growth, and exploration of the feminine characters but in Perfect Love, same as LAST SUMMER, there's a good deal of masculine commentary and depiction that separates them from some of her other motifs.
