My dear studies

Laura, 18, a simple first-year university student, wants to succeed in her studies, at all costs. Despite a food job, she is unable to meet her needs and falls into such financial precariousness that one evening of despair, short of solutions, she ventures to respond to an ad on the Internet: “Joe, 50 years, student search for tender moments“. One hundred euros an hour. Once, no more, she promises herself. Three days later, Laura is in a hotel room with Joe. And this is the beginning of the chain.

The press 's opinion In her film, Emmanuelle Bercot shares Laura's intimacy with us; we accompany her in her feelings, decision-making and the unspeakable violence she inflicts on herself. Deborah François was immediately obvious. She courageously and without false modesty embodies this young woman who faces with pragmatism, and sometimes cynicism, but who never stops losing her virginity, confronted with the harshness of the world. “All in finesse.” Télérama “Shocking, but very well done.” 20 minutes