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Anais, however, refuses to buy into the lies of the traumatic event. Elena, somewhat foolishly, believes that she and Fernando will be married and that their relationship is true love; only this justification it seems can soothe the wounds of her lost innocence. Breillat brings to the loss of the girls' virginity text some truly menacing, depressing, and erotic elements that make the experience intensely muddled and text complicated, contrary to more traditional, "romantic," narratives. The sex text in Fat Girl is, however, not the antiseptic transaction portrayed in Breillat's Romance, but an all-consuming, character-defining process of sorting through emotions and attitudes that convincingly perplexes these girls. Complementing the film's intensity -- and not just courting scandal, I would argue -- Breillat shoots the sex scenes with X-equivalent full nudity and simulated action.
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