{"id":4765,"date":"2007-11-11T18:25:40","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T01:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2020-12-29T01:16:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T08:16:40","slug":"very-curious-girl-a-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4765","title":{"rendered":"Very Curious Girl, A (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Things&#8217;ve changed. Got any money for me?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Very-Curious-Girl-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Very-Curious-Girl-Poster-1-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-59435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Very-Curious-Girl-Poster-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Very-Curious-Girl-Poster-1-91x128.jpg 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Very-Curious-Girl-Poster-1-192x270.jpg 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Very-Curious-Girl-Poster-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen her mother dies, a gypsy girl named Marie (Bernadette La Font) &#8212; who for years has been treated as the town slut &#8212; begins charging the boorish villagers for her sexual favors; soon she embarks upon an even more elaborate plan of revenge.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Character Arc<\/li>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Gypsies<\/li>\n<li>Prostitutes and Gigolos<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis most unusual erotic black comedy &#8212; the directorial debut of Nelly Kaplan &#8212; tells the satisfying tale of a beautiful gypsy girl who manages to single-handedly transform herself from victim to victor, leaving plenty of sweet justice in her wake. While the grotesque opening scenes are hard to stomach (the unenlightened townsfolk treat Marie literally like chattel), her eventual triumph makes the rocky beginning worth sitting through. It&#8217;s rather broad  satire, but the point is well-made that hypocrisy will eventually out, with everyone ultimately paying for his or her dirty desires. La Font is wonderful in the lead role; she&#8217;s ferocious in her late-earned dignity, and displays enormous satisfaction both in the transformation of her tin shack into a cozy space, and in the power she knows she&#8217;s accumulated over her piggish neighbors. It&#8217;s a delight to watch Marie pursue her plan with such calculated tenacity.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bernadette La Font as Marie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/very-curious-girl-lafont.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/very-curious-girl-lafont.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4766\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A satisfying tale of feminist growth and revenge<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/very-curious-girl-growth.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/very-curious-girl-growth.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4767\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The hilarious ending<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/very-curious-girl-finale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/very-curious-girl-finale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4764\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a most unusual French film. Listed as a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0064327\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1970\/12\/31\/archives\/screen-a-very-curious-girl-takes-her-revengenelly-kaplan-directs-a.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/la-fiancee-du-pirate\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Things&#8217;ve changed. Got any money for me?&#8221; Synopsis: When her mother dies, a gypsy girl named Marie (Bernadette La Font) &#8212; who for years has been treated as the town slut &#8212; begins charging the boorish villagers for her sexual favors; soon she embarks upon an even more elaborate plan of revenge. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Character Arc Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues French Films Gypsies Prostitutes and Gigolos Revenge Strong Females Review: This most unusual erotic black&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4765\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4765"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60307,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions\/60307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}