Les Biches (film)

Les Biches

Film poster for Les Biches
Directed by Claude Chabrol
Produced by André Genovès
Written by Claude Chabrol
Paul Gégauff
Starring Stéphane Audran
Jacqueline Sassard
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Nane Germon
Henri Attal
Dominique Zardi
Music by Pierre Jansen
Cinematography Jean Rabier
Edited by Jacques Gaillard
Release dates
  • March 22, 1968 (1968-03-22) (France)[1]
  • August 30, 1968 (1968-08-30) (Italy)[1]
Running time
95 minutes
Country 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

References

  1. 1 2 German, Yuri. "Overview: Les Biches". Allmovie. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  2. "Berlinale 1968: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  3. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9087

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