I find this film too personal, and I really understand what would have been the feelings of the girl. The subject dealt with this film has not been used in many films and that's too bad. Because she's totally the opposite to "Lolita". She's not bitchy at all, she just loves a man that's older than her and she's a teenager (14 years old). She's in the middle of an age in which you are half  child, half young person. Maybe she doesn't know love with someone of her age because she's not interested in boys of her age. Being attracted to mature men happens very often with young women. When Robert's character tries to be nice with her, in her mind she sees the things different. But the actor is a mature man, married, he has his life. And he's in another difficult period in which he has a lot of questions about life, love, his own career, etc.

The construction of the film is finely odd. You start to understand little by little, discovering what you've seen at the begining is in fact part of the end. This film is one of Robert's best, for me it's the best. The story, the filming, the performances, everything is fine. I really wish Zanussi and Powell make another film together!!