Kung-Fu Master!

He was 15. She was 40. Love is where you find it.

Mary-Jane asks, 'Do all women fall in love with a boy, or just those without sons?' She's divorced with two daughters, Lucy and Loulou. Lucy has a party where Mary-Jane notices Julien, 14, small and brassy, but she sees a sensitive side. She contrives to spend time with him and lets him know she's available to him. He's on the cusp between child and man, alternating between playing a video game, Kung Fu Master, where he tries to rescue Sylvie, and joining friends in bluff talk about sexual exploits. As Lucy realizes what is happening, she's repulsed, but Mary-Jane, encouraged by her own mother, carries on. Is it love or jealousy of lost youth? Is there any way this can end well?

Direction

Agnès Varda

Screenplay

Jane Birkin

Agnès Varda