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La Garçonne

1957 · 97 min

A stylish, bittersweet plunge into 1920s Parisian bohemia, watching a sheltered woman reinvent herself with reckless freedom.

Directed by
Jacqueline Audry
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fernand Gravey, Andrée Debar, Jean Danet
Overview
La Garçonne is a 1957 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry. It follows Monique, an ingenue and a clueless girl who believes in true love. When she discovers her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois life:s he will lead a free and wild life and she will live like a man. Soon she becomes the toast of Gay Paris, sleeping with all the men around, and even with a woman.

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Directed by
Jacqueline Audry
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fernand Gravey, Andrée Debar, Jean Danet
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • freedom
  • sexuality
  • betrayal
  • love
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jacqueline Audry
Written by
Marcel Achard, Jacqueline Audry, Pierre Laroche
Starring
Fernand Gravey, Andrée Debar, Jean Danet, Jean Parédès, George Reich, Colette Mars, René Lefèvre, Suzanne Dehelly
Music
Jean Wiener
Cinematography
Marcel Grignon, Émile Savitry
Runtime
97 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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