a unique look at adolescent sexuality

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This first feature film with the false airs of teen movie detonates with its fractured narrative and its look at sexuality. Or a young heroine, Esther (Tallulah Cassavetti), who does a little summer job in the Landes, among surfers, and also does “the job” when a handsome boy, named Jean (Corentin Fila), asks her for sexual favors. With the help of the group’s pressure, she then finds herself confronted with an unwanted relationship, namely rape.

Without revealing the rest of the story, let’s say that the scenario gradually eliminates the question of sex, unlike teenage films, where the heroine is fulfilled by going to bed for the first time. When Esther, left to her own devices, ends up in Paris in a monastery, among the sisters, Gold for dogs rocks in a surreal atmosphere and reveals its beautiful aesthetic singularity.