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Four years after the supposed failure of May ’68, the youth are still very much in revolt in “Albertine, or The Perfumed Memories of Marie-Rose”, a raucous, energetic short portrait of young women fighting for their sexual and reproductive freedoms. Through a deft blend of documentary and fiction and a collective approach to filmmaking, Jacques Kebadian presents a snapshot of an ongoing struggle while evoking the joy and excitement of one’s first taste of rebellion. The film’s loose plot involves an adolescent girl named Albertine (Franssou Prenant) dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. Despite the tough material, the tone is light-hearted and irreverent, with the children visibly enjoying their various social transgressions, whether shocking their parents at home, mocking their jailers while in police custody, or wresting control of the classroom from their teacher.
