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Merci la vie

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French Cinema • 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.

Tags
Coming of age, Venereal diseases, Time travel
Cast
Charlotte Gainsbourg Camille
Anouk Grinberg Joëlle
Gérard Depardieu Marc Antoine
Jean Carmet old father
Annie Girardot mother
Crew
Bertrand Blier director

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