In her movies the director does not intend to shock you, but reveals the harsh ugliness of the human condition via the power of sex that leads all to temptation and destruction. In A Ma Soeur! we see the slow torturous disintegration of the title character via the relationships with the elder sibling and parents. On top of that she has the anti-social disease, being FAT. With everything against her, this poor creature endures humiliation right down to the final blow. It's never pretty in a Catherine Breillat movie, but it at least is brutally honest in every way. What hit home for me was the depiction of teenagers and their approach to sex. It reminded me of my puberty phase in life, where sex was seen as a cruel instrument for which to punish with and also to abuse for one's own gratification!
