Summary
Simone Barbès works in a Parisian porn cinema. Her evenings consist of checking
tickets and watching a strange assortment of men drift in and out of the film theatre.
Afterwards, she takes herself to a lesbian bar to unwind, before going home with an impromptu
date.
Review
This first film from Marie-Claude Treilhou has many good ideas and does reveal a promising
auteur in its aspiring director. However, the lackadaisical “cinema vérité”
style soon becomes tiresome and it is hard to engage with principal character when so
little is revealed other than a tragic sense of ennui. There’s a nice
touch of irony in the film’s first half, but this fails to last into the second
half, which merely provides an unimaginative and painfully dull portrayal of a night in
a lesbian nightclub.
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Credits
- Director: Marie-Claude Treilhou
- Script: Michel Delahaye, Marie-Claude Treilhou
- Photo: Jean-Yves Escoffier
- Cast: Ingrid Bourgoin (Simone Barbès), Martine Simonet (Martine), Michel Delahaye (Le Dragueur), Sonia Saviange (La folle), Max Amyl (Le légionnaire), Noël Simsolo (Le réalisateur belge de filmes porno)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 77 min
- Aka: Simone Barbes or Virtue
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