A time when sexual freedom coexisted with social constraint. But The Virgin Suicides doesn't convey itself as a political film, or even a feminist statement, simply because it's neither. If I could sum it up, which is very difficult to do, I would say that it's a rumination on the death of beauty during a time when America lost whatever innocence it had left. As the movie progresses, that picture of the girls comes apart at the seams. The metamorphosis progresses as the girls slowly lose their innocence.
American society seems to be an overwhelming factor.
In essence, she is the soul of the movie, hovering over us, inviting us into her world. Being the most mature and sexually enthralling of the Lisbon girls, Lux is the first to take a drink, smoke pot and fall in love. Through her we come to understand the delicate nature of taking chances in a stringent world. But Lux isn't your conventional rebel, either. But she isn't swayed by any set of rules, she's a lovely, poetic, feminine creature bursting with life.