Pretty Things (2001)★ 5.7/10
- Drama
Directed by: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Written by: Virginie Despentes, Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Lucie and Marie are twin sisters with a love-hate relationship. Lucie is an extroverted pin-up model, drawn to Paris seeking fame and dragged into a world of sex, drugs and danger. Marie is quiet, reserved and austere.
- Original title
- Pretty Things
- Storyline
- Lucie and Marie are twin sisters with a love-hate relationship, their personalities completely opposed. Lucie is an extroverted pin-up model, drawn to Paris seeking fame and dragged into a world of sex, drugs and danger. Marie is quiet, reserved and austere. Both sisters are haunted by their long-standing childhood competition for the affections of their cruel, emotionally distant father. However, when Lucie's modeling connections lead to an exclusive recording contract offer despite the fact that she cannot sing, Lucie is forced to seek out Marie, who possesses a good singing voice, to perform in her place. Marie reluctantly agrees, but when she returns from the performance she finds that Lucie has committed suicide, leaving her no choice but to assume Lucie's name. As Marie's own fame skyrockets, she spirals uncontrollably further downward into the secrets of Lucie's dark life and finds a hidden side of herself.
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 · 1,226
- Companies
- C.A.P.A.C., Hugo Films, M6 Films, Belga Films, Hexagon Pictures, SND Films, Koch Vision, M6 Droits Audiovisuels, Synkronized (SKD) [us], United International Pictures (UIP)
- Release dates
- AU July 21, 2001
- FR November 14, 2001
- BE December 19, 2001
- CA November 6, 2007
- HU November 13, 2009