Les Biches (film)
| Les Biches | |
|---|---|
 Film poster for Les Biches | |
| Directed by | Claude Chabrol |
| Written by | Claude Chabrol Paul Gégauff |
| Produced by | André Genovès |
| Starring | Stéphane Audran Jacqueline Sassard Jean-Louis Trintignant Nane Germon Henri Attal Dominique Zardi |
| Cinematography | Jean Rabier |
| Edited by | Jacques Gaillard |
| Music by | Pierre Jansen |
Release dates | |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
Les Biches (The Does) is a 1968 French-Italian film starring Stéphane Audran, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Jacqueline Sassard. It was directed by Claude Chabrol, and depicts a tortured lesbian relationship between the Audran and Sassard characters. Audran won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] The film had a total of 627,164 admissions in France.[3]
Plot
Frédérique is a rich and beautiful woman who picks up a female street artist called "Why". It is December and they go to her villa in Saint Tropez, which is inhabited by a couple of odd gay men. Both women fall for the local architect Paul Thomas. However Why says that she is not interested in him, so Frédérique invites him to move into the villa.
Cast
- Jean-Louis Trintignant - Paul Thomas
- Jacqueline Sassard - Why
- Stéphane Audran - Frédérique
- Nane Germon - Violetta
- Serge Bento - Bookseller
- Henri Frances
- Henri Attal - Robèque
- Dominique Zardi - Riais
References
- ^ a b German, Yuri. "Overview: Les Biches". Allmovie. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
- ^ "Berlinale 1968: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
- ^ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9087
External links
- Les Biches at IMDb
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