a single girl ( benoît jacquot france 1995 ) . a little known gem with the beautiful virginie ledoyen in the lead . i have a special relation with some film and this be certainly one of them . i first saw it not long after it come out on dutch public television in my final year in high school . i think the girl in the main role ( virginie ledoyen ) be the cool girl i ever saw and the film always stick with me . later on and largely due to her performance in this film and she would become a big star and continue to be in the limelight and even play alongside leonardo dicaprio in the beach ( 2000 ) and so that probably why i keep remember her role in la seule fille . for a large part and the film play in real time a the camera follow valérie on the day she find out she pregnant . she start a new job in a hotel a a maid . her day to day routine be follow and her various encounter with the hotel guest and her intermittent meeting with her boyfriend at a nearby café . he doesn not know how to handle the situation and he doesn not have a job and can not seem to make up his mind about anything and let alone this situation . he be a bit of a loser . off course valérie be in the tough spot but somehow she never cease to lose control or overview of the situation . she be on screen all the time a the camera follow her constantly while she walk down the corridor of the hotel and in the elevator and walk down the street . even though she have an attitude and be arrogant and act a bit too wise for a girl her age and she remain absolutely fascinate throughout the film . the lack of plot hardly matter to me and because it compensate by virginie ledoyen radiant presence . this be the perfect example of a film where one actor or actress completely make it work . camera obscura positive .