Are all relationships between older men and younger women abusive ones? Do the young women who take part in such relationships hold any level of responsibility?
Is it "OK" to be attracted to somebody more than twice your age, and, if so, can you act on that desire? Is it too French to be asking such questions, especially in a movie?
These are some of the many thoughts evoked by Spring Blossom (Seize Printemps), a provocative first feature from writer-director-actress Suzanne Lindon that depicts the love affair between a 16-year-old high school student and a theater actor in his 30s.
The fact that Lindon herself plays the student, and that she’s only 18, adds yet another tangled layer to a subject that’s already become so controversial in.
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