Bel Pawley, A. Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig
San Francisco 1976. A 15 yo girl seduces her mother's 35 yo boyfriend. Complications ensue.
Bel Pawley was outstanding. Her youth, her sensual face with big eyes and puffy lips perfectly captured a young girl teetering on the cusp of adolescence/womanhood. She was living in a licentious time and place, picked up the vibe and ran with it, not realizing the consequences she would necessarily pay for her acts.
Skarsgard also had a difficult role: he had to be likable enough for us not to feel revulsion toward him for what he was doing.
The film came across as frank, open and honest. I thought there were too many sex scenes but that was the pivot of the entire story. Strong stuff, done with clarity and courage.
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