La Garçonne (1936 film)
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Language French | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 21 February 1936 (1936-02-21) (France) Screenplay Albert Dieudonne, Jacques Natanson Cast Edith Piaf , (Anika), (Niquette), (Monique Lerbier - la garconne), (Regis Boisselot)Similar movies Blue Is the Warmest Color , Hold On Tight , Desire , The Children\'s Hour , Kiss of the Spider Woman , Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Garçonne (The Bachelor Girl or The Flapper) is a 1936 French black-and-white film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Victor Margueritte. It was directed by Jean de Limur, and starred Marie Bell (in the title role), Arletty and Edith Piaf.
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The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse character (played by Edith Piaf), ensuring the film became a succès de scandale. Another actress in the film, Arletty, said of it:
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