Merci la vie
French Cinema
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Drama, Fantasy, UR, 13-Mar-1991
When teenager Camille comes across Joëlle, a young woman who has just been dumped by her boyfriend, the two soon form a fast friendship. Guiding her new friend through the darker side of sex, Joëlle is also grappling with the unscrupulous Doctor Worms, who is using her as a sexual pawn in a cruel experiment. Things soon take a surreal turn involving time-travel, Nazi officers and colour shifts.
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