To Our Loves

My French Films Festival selection available until February 13, VIP members only.

Fifteen-year-old Suzanne comes to the bitter realisation that it is easier to find sex than love. Fleeing family problems, she racks up sexual experiences, often changing partners, loving none of them, until she meets Jacques.

When Sandrine Bonnaire accompanied her sister to a casting call, she was discovered by Maurice Pialat, who decided to dedicate a film to her years later: To Our Loves. The young actress plays Suzanne, a 15-year-old teen who discovers her own desires and tries to master them. The audience gets swept up by her insolence and energy, and then finds themselves thrown into the private life of her family, the father of which is played by Maurice Pialat himself. On the 40th anniversary of the film's release, rediscover this cinematic masterpiece in which, between scripted text and improvisation, the actress is the queen from whom emerges the truth.