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Fat Girl

Starring: Laura Betti, Arsin�e Khanjian Director: Catherine Breillat

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Actors: Laura Betti, Arsin�e Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Roxane Mesquida, Ana�s Reboux
Directors: Catherine Breillat
Format: Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: French
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Studio: Criterion
DVD Release Date: Oct 26 2004

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B0002V7O10
Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #16,875 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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A downbeat tale about the tortures of adolescence, A Ma Soeur! goes well beyond most people's worst childhood experiences. Everybody in Anas' family dumps their problems on her, while constantly reminding her that she's a helpless, chubby girl who can't stop eating. The only halfway decent relationship that she has is with her sister, Elena, who has some affinity with her, even though Elena often degrades her, blames her for her own faults, and is forced to drag her around when she's hunting for men. Director Catherine Breillat expertly captures these awkward years in the dialogue between the two sisters, the sometimes uncomfortable sex scenes, and in Anas' anguished facial expressions. The sex scenes are lengthy, graphic, and portray underage sex, but this sort of stuff is becoming de rigueur for contemporary French cinema. All of the acting is excellent, from Libero de Rienzo's performance as the slimy, Italian college student who shows off to Elena about other girls he's used and then dumped, to Arsinee Khanjian, as the sisters' emotionally unstable, chain-smoking mom, to Anas Reboux's Anas, who seems to have no hope in this world. The ending of the film is certainly controversial with some critics lashing out against it. But undoubtedly this is French cinema at its most fearless, a film one thinks about, discusses, and does not forget. ~ Adam Bregman, All Movie Guide

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New, restored high-definition digital transfer with Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 soundtracks
Behind the scenes footage
Two interviews with the director, including a look at the film's alternate ending
French and U.S. theatrical trailers
New and improved English subtitle translation
Plus: and essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau and an interview with Catherine Breillat from the French film magazine Positif

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4.0 out of 5 stars Breillat on her usual themes of sexuality, Jun 23 2007

By	Jenny J.J.I. "A New Yorker" (That Lives in Northern Nevada) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

I have seen "Anatomy of Hell" and thought it was fascinating. Brash, aggressive, meaningful, and yet ultimately absurd, "Fat Girl" is so intensely polarizing that it leaves no room for neutrality. Overweight Ana�s (Ana�s Reboux) is a heartbreakingly self-conscious 12-year-old girl who lives in the shadow of her blossoming older sister, Elena, who has fallen in love with Fernando (Libero De Rienzo), a smooth-talking lothario. When he sneaks into the girls' bedroom at night, Ana�s listens in painful detail to her sister's sexual initiation. In this scene and others, the film is so upfront and candid that it creates an uncomfortable viewing experience.

"Fat Girl" isn't a perfect movie. Many people will find it too slow, too static, not enough "happening" to keep their attention. But there is a lot going on--it's just under the skin, where most movies don't typically look. One example of the movie's insight comes when that no-good Fernando gives Elena a ring as a token of his "love", except that how he obtained it and under what pretenses only comes out later to paint the whole thing with a double layer of irony. Another moment comes when we see the sisters together, using words that are both hurtful and reassuring. They are unquestionably in competition, but they are also still sisters, and perhaps they cannot help but care about each other.

The end of "Fat Girl" contains a development so sudden and unexpected that it derails the film for many people. They actually get angry about it. They feel betrayed by the movie--betrayed that it spends so much time involving us emotionally in these characters, only to do something that seems entirely arbitrary. I felt betrayed as well, until I realized something--the betrayal we feel, as viewers, is very much the same betrayal that the girls themselves feel for having been treated so badly by their parents, by a prospective lover, and by each other. No, the ending will not work for every audience, but it has an audacity and a guiding sensibility, and it is nowhere nearly as arbitrary as you might want to think. Criterion! That one word alone should make this a must-have if you're interested in the film.

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5.0 out of 5 stars English dubbed suggestion, Aug 11 2009

By	Kevin Barton (Whitby, ON Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I think Hollywood should have the movie Fat Girl in english dubbed. I assure you that I do not understand the french language. This is a good movie even if it becomes an english dubbed version.Fat Girl

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