Contrasting the 80s look, Stella is faced with similar disruptive problems from the first film, family trauma, outcasted, and her peculiar, introverted personality which causes the many difficulties during this coming-of-age period. School begins and Stella is quite the capricious woman.
Now to tell your personal life story through your film, it is hard to toe the thin line of overdramatization of situations and hyperbolic scenarios to enhance the story, but Sylvian brilliantly just shows her young self as it is. These narrations work brilliant here because Stella is in situations where she cannot mouth exactly how she feels.
When Stella and her friends receive tip that they could get into the hippest dance club, Bains Douches, they doll up, and fortunately for Stella, is accepted into the club due to her elusive attitude, while her friends have a not so high success rate.
Another boy she comes to a liking to is a schoolmate who shows a liking towards her through relatable feelings and always trying to be there for her. She longs for these because nothing else in her life is working out. It is interesting to see Sylvie continue her life story through the Stella films from a personal lens.
During the film, Stella mentions she wants to study dance at university, but her mother mentions that she needs to work and make money. Her working-class background, is what makes the relationship between her mother and Stella quite special. It is stories like these that are unique on its own and relatable at the same time and a series I hope Sylvie continues to explore.
