L'année des méduses (The Year of the Jellyfish) is a 1984 French drama film inspired by a novel by Christopher Frank, directed by Frank himself with Valérie Kaprisky and Bernard Giraudeau. The film had a total of 1,554,641 admissions in France where it was the 23rd highest-grossing film of the year.
Plot
The teenage Chris is on holiday at Saint-Tropez with her mother Claude, while her father remains at work in Paris. After seducing a married friend of her parents and undergoing an abortion, she is looking forward to new sexual adventures. Initially she falls for the older Romain, whose interest is in supplying young girls to rich men. For himself, Romain is far more interested in the mother Claude, who gradually thaws to his approaches and becomes his enthusiastic lover. Put out at this, Chris befriends a German married couple but, after a threesome in their hotel room, the husband leaves in disgust. While starting a romance with the abandoned wife (Barbara), Chris murders Romain in order to thwart her mother.
Principal cast
Bernard Giraudeau: Romain Kalides, the pimp
Valérie Kaprisky: Chris, the daughter
Caroline Cellier: Claude, the mother
Jacques Perrin: Vic, former lover of Chris
Béatrice Agenin: Marianne Lamotte
Barbara Nielsen: Barbara, current lover of Chris
Awards and nominations
César Awards (France) Won: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Caroline Cellier)