Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussieres, Miki Manojlovic

Canadian/Swiss/French production that tells the tale of Hannah, a tomboyish 13 year-old hitting puberty in 1963. An unhappy and uncomfortable family life leads Hannah to seek escapism in the world of ...( read more  read more... )cinema. Specifically, she repeatedly watches and appears enthralled by Anna Karina, the character from Jean-Luc Godard's "Vivre sa vie" (1962) about a Parisian woman's descent into prostitution. Her confusion surrounding what is real leads to a crush on her female teacher and her actively pursuing what it's like to be a prostitute for an evening.

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Directed by: Léa Pool

Release Date: July 28, 1999

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

In some of its details, it resembles Francois Truffaut's The 400 Blows. full review

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