天生坏种

　　réalisation Judith Du Pasquier
　　un film de Sylvie Quesemand Zucca et Judith Du Pasquier
　　production Abacaris Films
　　coproduction : ARTE France
　　avec la participation de LCP Assemblée nationale
　　soutien Fondation France, CNC, DICOM, Paroles et Cultures, PROCIREP et ANGOA
　　diffusion ARTE France
　　L’anorexie reste une énigme pour les familles, pour les médecins, pour les jeunes filles elles-mêmes. Pourquoi donc s’imposent-elles ces privations extrêmes ? En France et en Europe, les récits éclairants de femmes guéries et les réflexions de soignants très impliqués abordent l’univers complexe des anorexies contemporaines et explorent les nouvelles manières de soigner.
　　Sélection Prix Média d'Enfance Majuscule 2017

　　七月（马思纯 饰）和安生（周冬雨 饰）的第一次相识在十三岁，她们一个是特立独行飞扬跋扈的“野孩子”，一个是单纯温婉循规蹈矩的“乖乖女”，从那一年开始，七月和安生几乎形影不离，她是她的光，她是她的影子，直到某一天，一位名为苏家明（李程彬 饰）的少年出现在了七月的身边，七月恋爱了。
　　安生决定前往北京讨生活，临别之前，七月意外的发现苏家明贴身带着的玉佩，竟然出现在了安生的衣领里。安生走了，七月和苏家明的恋情持续着，他们考入了同一所大学，约定一毕业就结婚。可是，事情并没有像七月所想象的那样发展，而她和苏家明之间的关系，亦因为安生的归来而产生了新的变数。

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.