French teens and best friends
Zoé (Stéphanie Sokolinski) and Clara (Selma Brook) are off to summer
camp. Zoé has decided that she's going to sleep with Sébastien (Léo
Grandperret), but when he turns out to be a jerk, she turns her romantic attentions
to Clara. Clara isn't sure that she feels about her friend in that way, but no
matter, Zoé is back with Sébastien the next day, ditching her friend.
Feeling isolated from the other campers, summer for Clara is turning out to be
a real drag. When she starts hanging out with Sonia (Salomé Stévenin),
the other outsider camper who is also bisexual, things only get worse. Now they're
all making fun of her for being a lesbian, and she finds herself unable to stand
up for Sonia against the bullies. She tries sleeping with one of the male counselors
to prove her heterosexuality, but that's just an unpleasant experience. Finally
Clara makes love with Sonia, perhaps in love, but still confused. Luckily her
friend Zoé comes back to be there for her, letting Clara know that it's
ok to like girls, regardless of the bullies. Clara's experience seems very
normal for teenagers figuring out their sexuality and dealing with peer pressure
and uncertainty. Nothing is black and white, but in the end, Clara is a person
more in touch with herself and her feelings and desires. It is a coming
of age story I would recommend for younger women, but the teenage boys were a
little too obnoxious for me throughout the film. |