It stars Marine Vacth as Isabelle, a teenage prostitute, and features supporting performances by Johan Leysen, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot and Charlotte Rampling.

[5] While on a summer holiday with her family in the south of France, 16-year-old Isabelle decides to lose her virginity to a German boy named Felix.

Georges's widow Alice (Charlotte Rampling) found Léa's number in her husband's address book and requested an appointment at the hotel.

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised Vacth's leading role and predicted that the film would "land her major exposure on the casting radar".

While drawing comparisons to Ozon's 2012 film In the House Rooney wrote, "[U]nlike that playful Hitchcockian quasi-thriller, Young & Beautiful is both more carnal and more sober, suggesting the danger and fragility inherent in the central character's experimentation while keeping the dramatic intensity subdued.

"[6] Leslie Felperin of Variety noted that the film was "a nuanced, emotionally temperate study of a precocious youth" and added that "its elegant execution will win warm regard [and the] subject matter should lure audiences at art houses worldwide.

The site's consensus reads: "Ozon may not explore his themes as fully as he should, but Young & Beautiful poses enough intriguing questions -- and features a strong enough performance from Marine Vatch -- to compensate for its frustrations".

[11] The film takes place over the course of a year and is divided into four segments, each separated by a song of Françoise Hardy: 'L'amour d'un garçon', 'A quoi ça sert?