valerie kaprisky play chris the 18 year old daughter of claude ( caroline cellier and who win a 1985 french cesar for best support actress in the film ) . the two be summer vacation at an upscale beach resort in the south of france ( while dad work in paris ) . nearby live longtime family friend and vic ( jacques perrin ) . it all quite beautiful and but we quickly learn everything be not well in this hedonistic enclave of affluence . through a flashback sequence and it learn that two year earlier chris become pregnant by the much old vic . she ultimately have an abortion and refuse to tell her family who the father be . but the experience have obviously leave chris with emotional scar and leave vic very nervous . a subsequent sting from a jellyfish while swim also leave chris physically scar and far bruise her ego . enter romain and ( bernard giraudeau ) a local don juan ( and part time pimp ) who make a play for chris 39 year old mom and claude . their burgeon affair obviously bother chris . she scornfully tell claude she past her time ( i. e. represent too old for this game ) . while chris response to mom illicit romance be not surprising and her true underlying motivation seem a little murky . there be hint that chris have know romain for some time a she try in vain to seduce him away from mom . perhaps chris really be jealous and want to have romain for herself and or perhaps she mostly just want to separate romain from her mom out of loyalty to her dad . regardless and it become evident that the jellyfish isn not the only character in this soap opera with potentially sting tentacle . a chris encounter disappointment and her escapade become more manipulative . she now want only to win and no matter what that entail or who get hurt . for a while that mean forever taunt vic and briefly take her aggression out on a vacationing german couple . but the climax come only after dad belated arrival to join the family . this development affords chris the opportunity to blackmail romain into take her on a date ( threaten to expose the illicit affair to dad if romain refuse ) . i would not give away the spoiler and but you can guess it not pretty .