A very intelligent and street-wise young teenager spreads a path of destruction to people she comes in contact with along the path to achieve her objective of freeing her mother from prison.
The basic underlying theme, an older man becoming romantically involved with a much younger woman, is no surprise but there is a lot of interesting character development and that is what makes this film worthwhile.
Young Céline has clearly been mistreated by the system. At the point we meet her, she has figured out how to take care of herself and use her budding sexuality and charm to get what she wants from those older than herself.
The initial interactions with Henri Van Eyck and his wife provide an opening for Céline to seek self improvement and redemption. But she is driven by an objective and uses her manipulative skills to achieve that regardless of the damage to others.
Despite her young age, Céline is already damaged goods, likely beyond repair. She lies to everyone she encounters.
At the end, Céline has achieved her objective but faces an unhappy future. Her relationship with her mother cannot go back to what it was and her boyfriend has now gone from torture and killing of animals to beating up Céline and committing a murder.
The acting and scripting of this firm are very well done.
The basic underlying theme, an older man becoming romantically involved with a much younger woman, is no surprise but there is a lot of interesting character development and that is what makes this film worthwhile.
Young Céline has clearly been mistreated by the system. At the point we meet her, she has figured out how to take care of herself and use her budding sexuality and charm to get what she wants from those older than herself.
The initial interactions with Henri Van Eyck and his wife provide an opening for Céline to seek self improvement and redemption. But she is driven by an objective and uses her manipulative skills to achieve that regardless of the damage to others.
Despite her young age, Céline is already damaged goods, likely beyond repair. She lies to everyone she encounters.
At the end, Céline has achieved her objective but faces an unhappy future. Her relationship with her mother cannot go back to what it was and her boyfriend has now gone from torture and killing of animals to beating up Céline and committing a murder.
The acting and scripting of this firm are very well done.