A Very Curious Girl

Plot

Marie is a young woman who lives in sheer poverty in the fictional village and commune of Tellier (an allusion to La Maison Tellier) with her mother, a woman of obscure origins suspected to be a Romanichel sorcerer, and her pet buck. Marie and her mother are despised by the locals although Marie is also a sexual object for them, including her lesbian boss Irène. One day, when her mother dies after a hit-and-run accident and the locals do not even care to bury her, Marie decides that things have to change and starts to charge people who have sex with her. Eventually, she plans to take revenge on those people who take advantage of her.

Cast

Score

Georges Moustaki's soundtrack was released in the same year as the film.

1. Histoire du Cirque (1:22)
2. Duo (2:21)
3. La Mort (2:08)
4. Pierre et Nicole (2:44)
5. Thème de Franca (1:37)
6. A Lisbonne (fado) (1:37)
7. Retour à L'hôtel (2:18)
8. Le Scandale / Suite (11:40)
9. Mona (1:31)
10. Anne et Claude au Musée (2:27)
11. Le Désespoir de Muriel (3:52)
12. La Déclaration d'Amour (2:25)
13. La Rupture (3.46)
14. Epilogue (2:25)
15. Une Petite Ile (1:30)
16. Anne et Claude (2:05)
17. Moi, Je Me Balance (2:46)
18. Marche de Marie (2:35)

Critical reception

The New York Times listed "A curious girl" as one of Bernadette Lafont's most notable films. The website filmfanatic.org put this film into the category "Foreign Gem". The Guardian mentions "A curious girl" in her obituary and states Lafont's performance had been "brilliant".