François Perrin is a professional photographer who is keen to
forge a new career for himself in cinema. With his friend Henri
he writes a script, a classic love story, but for some reason no one
seems interested in financing the film. In the end, the script
falls into the lap of Bob Morlock, a producer of pornographic movies,
who agrees (after a few minor alterations) to make the film under the
title La Vaginale.
Ignoring the protestations of his fiancée Christine,
François accepts Morlock's offer, unaware that Christine intends
to play the main role in the film. Things go from bad to worse
when Christine finds Morlock's secretary, Marie-France, in her
fiancé's wardrobe...
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
A wave of fresh talent in the late 1950s, early 1960s brought about a dramatic renaissance in French cinema, placing the auteur at the core of France's 7th art.