| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Francine Bergé |
Solange
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| Dominique Blanchar |
Claire
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| María Casares |
Madame
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| Jean-Marie Arnoux |
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| France Asselin |
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| Stéphane Audran |
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| Jean Barclay |
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| Robert Barre |
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| Dolly Bell |
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| Claude Berri |
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| Pierre Bertin |
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| Sacha Briquet |
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| Albert Dinan |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama |
| Director |
Georges Cacha; Françoise Leyrat |
| Writer |
Jean Genet; Annie Testard |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
NR (Not Rated) |
| Running Time |
110 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| The bonnes femmes of Claude Chabrol's film are four shop girls at a small appliance store in Paris. Good-time girl Bernadette Lafont spends her nights in empty flirtations with boorish womanizers, while social-climbing Lucile Saint-Simon withers under the disdainful gaze of her boyfriend's haughty parents. Seemingly confident Stéphane Audran secretly follows her dream of singing on the stage (losing her composure when she recognizes her friends in the audience), and demure Clotilde Joano holds out for the romantic notion of pure, innocent love. It's her story that Chabrol favors when she falls under the gaze of a motorcycle-riding stalker who finally reveals himself to be a shy, lovesick suitor, a Prince Charming in black leather. Les Bonnes Femmes was a flop when released, but has since been embraced as one of Chabrol's best films and a masterpiece of the French new wave. There's a breezy naturalism that invigorates the film: easy, seemingly spontaneous ensemble performances, the immediacy of shooting on location, and a loose, episodic story full of rich detail. But this is no urban fairy tale: the dreams of these girls are frustrated by a tawdry and brutal world in a shocking, sad finale. Never callous or dismissive, there's a fragile beauty to Chabrol's troubled portrait as he stubbornly holds out hope for these dreamers in a delicately melancholy coda. --Sean Axmaker |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
39 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
IMDB
Amazon US
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| User Text 1 |
FR-F 1016.01 DVD |
| User Text 2 |
Only Original |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| UPC (Barcode) |
738329016524 |
| Release Date |
9/26/2000 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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