Movie Analysis of Jeune et Jolie based on Carl Jung’s Theory

             The movie Jeune et Jolie (Young and Beautiful) describes about the life of a 17 year-old Isabelle. She went to a family holiday in South of France, as a part of her birthday party. As she started to gain her new age she met a German guy named Felix, who first became her first person to lose her virginity with. For her first time, just like many women, the result wasn’t quite ‘fulfilling’, until she decided to explore her sexuality by expanding her double life as a call-girl, from her social porn or dating website. She firstly met her first client named Georges, who is about 60 years old above at a hotel. Her exploration soon becomes wild yet overwhelming at times as she experience different clients. On the other hand Georges treats her compassionately, although he paid less amount comparing to other clients; until he died of heart attack when they had sex in the hotel. She panicked and went out, that slowly the police discovered his death, and allegedly suspect her as the murderer. The police then tells Isabelle’s mom, and soon discovered her daughter’s double life.

                In relation to Jung’s theory, it can be seen that Isabelle has her collective unconscious with the cyber world, where she urged to post her nude pictures on the internet, due to the fact that she would like to explore the dangerous world, and her sexual experience. This behavior connects to rebel and explorer archetypes. According to archetypes.com, rebel archetypes willing to push their own boundaries out of societal values and they might just don’t care what other people think. In addition rebel archetype often considered as sexually appealing, yet truly seducing at the same time, just like when Isabelle treat their clients. Most likely, challenge seems like their ‘main word’ in life. On the other hand, explorer tends to discover something new by trying with many different clients, although (in the end) she must leave the world of prostitutes.

If writer looks at this story, the dilemma is that teens have this sense of discovery, which seems ordinary, but in contrary, since we live in a semi-patriarchal world, this job may lead her to become wrecked in terms of her social life. The reason she become a prostitute is that the scene of watching porn movies indicates that the access of internet couldn’t lead people in many age groups to access them, which leads her to experience a considered-immoral life in a very young age. Moreover Isabelle saw her mom, Sylvie, cheats on her friend’s husband when watching a theater with her family, and Sylvie’s friend, who’s her husband is her affair. That’s where she started to lose respect of her, instead of being afraid of Isabelle’s mom after get caught by the police. She only cried because she felt sorry for accidentally kill Georges. This incident still indicates her as a caregiver in some ways, due to the fact that she has kindness, but couldn’t give much for Georges after what he treat in bed.

In conclusion, this movie gives many values to people in many aspects. In terms of parental control, this incident might happen to their children if there’s less awareness. On the other hand this movie might tell that although France is a liberal country, however women couldn’t be respected in their job choice. People still judge her negatively.