This film gets a lot of publicity because of the nudity and the threesome sex scene. However, it tells a story with a lot of humor about Clement's home life which takes up half the film. His father is a cab driver who loses his job because he got drunk at a party and drove. His mother pinches pennies to literally keep the power on which cause Clement to have to take cold showers. Get it? The other half of the film is about Clement, his girlfriend Vanessa, and his close friend, Mickael. There is a somewhat boring guy plot about Judo, making weight and jealousy.
Vanessa is the most interesting character of the three. She is openly sexual and readily jumps into a bawdy picture taking session at Michael's house (pre digital). There are four scenes where Salome' Stevenin, the actor playing Vanessa, is feature in a key way. First, there is the threesome. The two boys are wrestling and Vanessa is watching. She joins in to wrestle with Clement and Michael stays involved which, of course, leads to the three of them having sex multiple times. Second, there is the post threesome scene where Vanessa is left alone and has extended time fully nude and then cleaning up. A brave acting choice (hopefully) by Stevenin. Third, is a funny scene when Vanessa goes to get the morning after pill. The nurse asks her how many times she had sex and she says four, maybe five or six. When the nurse says its unusual for a man to be able to do it that often, she surprises the nurse by saying there were two guys. She further surprises her by saying it happened at the same time. The nurse is visibly impressed with Vanessa. The fourth time is a very puzzling sequence where the three teenagers decide to get a hotel room. Clement is to follow the other two but has problems. By the time he gets to the room Mickael is in the bathtub and Vanessa is undressing. He watches her undress and get in the tub with Mickael but doesn't enter the room. She sees him there but doesn't acknowledge him. He inexplicably leaves and is called by Michael but refuses to join them. When he later confronts Vanessa about her betrayal, she is puzzled. She says the sex with the two of them was fun and the sex at the hotel was fun and she doesn't understand why he wouldn't want more fun. Clement breaks up with her and then later realizes his mistake.
Clement is your typical jealous teenage boy. Vanessa is not your typical teenage girl. She enjoys sex just because its there. She doesn't appear to be after Mickael, the rich kid. He's just there and available. A film that was more about her would have been made this film very special.
Vanessa is the most interesting character of the three. She is openly sexual and readily jumps into a bawdy picture taking session at Michael's house (pre digital). There are four scenes where Salome' Stevenin, the actor playing Vanessa, is feature in a key way. First, there is the threesome. The two boys are wrestling and Vanessa is watching. She joins in to wrestle with Clement and Michael stays involved which, of course, leads to the three of them having sex multiple times. Second, there is the post threesome scene where Vanessa is left alone and has extended time fully nude and then cleaning up. A brave acting choice (hopefully) by Stevenin. Third, is a funny scene when Vanessa goes to get the morning after pill. The nurse asks her how many times she had sex and she says four, maybe five or six. When the nurse says its unusual for a man to be able to do it that often, she surprises the nurse by saying there were two guys. She further surprises her by saying it happened at the same time. The nurse is visibly impressed with Vanessa. The fourth time is a very puzzling sequence where the three teenagers decide to get a hotel room. Clement is to follow the other two but has problems. By the time he gets to the room Mickael is in the bathtub and Vanessa is undressing. He watches her undress and get in the tub with Mickael but doesn't enter the room. She sees him there but doesn't acknowledge him. He inexplicably leaves and is called by Michael but refuses to join them. When he later confronts Vanessa about her betrayal, she is puzzled. She says the sex with the two of them was fun and the sex at the hotel was fun and she doesn't understand why he wouldn't want more fun. Clement breaks up with her and then later realizes his mistake.
Clement is your typical jealous teenage boy. Vanessa is not your typical teenage girl. She enjoys sex just because its there. She doesn't appear to be after Mickael, the rich kid. He's just there and available. A film that was more about her would have been made this film very special.