While twelve-year-old Anaïs and her fifteen-year-old sister Elena are on vacation with their parents, Anaïs tags along as Elena explores the dreary seaside town. Elena meets Fernando, an Italian law student who seduces her with promises of love, and the ever watchful Anaïs bears witness to the corruption of her sister’s innocence.
Fat Girl is not only a portrayal of female adolescent sexuality and the complicated bond between siblings, but also a brutal, unflinching assertion by the always controversial Catherine Breillat that violent oppression exists at the core of all male-female relations.
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