Still being ... at the age of 67 ... more than twice the age of my second (now ex-)wife, I can empathize with the film showcasing a man's attraction to young beauty, but there is a Dracula aura about this: a much older artist preying on the beauty of a young to the point of underage girl for his artistic renewal ... for his own rejuvenation ... to reproduce her only in stone ... but not to really, lovingly reproduce her with a baby.
Also, I had remembered ... erroneously, apparently ... him re-seducing her mother as well, who was being ignored, if not discarded, by her profession-obsessed French husband.
Also, I had remembered ... erroneously, apparently ... him re-seducing her mother as well, who was being ignored, if not discarded, by her profession-obsessed French husband.