An Impudent Girl (1985) on Netflix
Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Castang lives with her widowed father, her brother Jacky and the maid Léone, and dreams of a better life. She wants to befriend Clara Bauman, a pianist her own age.
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Plot summary
Charlotte Castang, thirteen, lost her mother at birth. She lives near a nightclub with her widowed father, her brother Jacky and the family's maid, Léone. Her only friend is Lulu, a sick ten-year-old whose mother works the late shift at a hospital, and Charlotte finds her a pest. During a swimming lesson she botches a dive and scrapes her knee. The nurse checks it, and through the amphitheatre doorway Charlotte glimpses a rehearsal tape of Clara Bauman, a pianist her own age; a teacher lets her in, since the day is the last before the summer holiday. Charlotte finds Clara sophisticated and wants her as a friend. The next day, walking with Lulu, a car stops for help in finding a metalworker, and Clara sits beside the driver. Charlotte agrees to show the way.
Cast
- Clotilde Baudonas Clara Bauman
- Richard Guerryas Regard sombre
- Cédric Liddellas Pierre-Alain Gallabert
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about An Impudent Girl (1985)
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- Two weeks before shooting began, Claude Miller still had no rights to The Member of the Wedding, the Carson McCullers novel his film loosely adapted. He decided to make An Impudent Girl anyway, later negotiating a percentage once it became a hit.
- Claude Miller cast Charlotte Gainsbourg after seeing her in the film Paroles et Musiques, and approached her parents for permission to cast her. He said her status as the child of stars helped the film's marketability, with people going out of curiosity.
- Claude Miller shot a masturbation scene with Charlotte Gainsbourg for the film, then censored himself and removed it from the final cut.
