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French filmaker, Catherine Breillat, has long had a reputation for being controversial, going back to her earliest works. Her subject matter often deals frankly with sexuality, criterion and Fat Girl is no less provocative—being banned in several countries upon its release—but controversy alone does not make criterion a great film. The story examines the relationship between two sisters, the frumpy thirteen-year-old, Anaïs (Reboux), and her picture-perfect sibling, Elena (Mesquida), two years her senior. They share a love/hate relationship, Elena always chiding Anaïs about her weight and lack of appeal to guys, criterion while Anaïs is critical of her sister's promiscuous behavior, even if she is still a virgin. The two share opposing views on their burgeoning sexuality, Elena with a romanticized notion of who should deflower her, with Anaïs simply wanting to get it over with, preferring someone she cares nothing about. While on a family vacation, the pair meet an Italian law student who Elena immediately latches onto despite him being much older.
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