Les Bonnes Femmes

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Les Bonnes Femmes ★★★ The Good Girls; The Girls 1960

Four Paris shopgirls dream of escaping the monotony of their lives and finding romance but instead discover broken dreams and danger. Chabrol's New Wave thriller focuses more on character and irony than suspense. French with subtitles. 105m/B VHS, DVD . FR Bernadette LaFont, Stephane Audran, Clothilde Joano, Lucile Saint-Simon; D: Claude Chabrol; W: Paul Geoauff; C: Henri Decae; M: Pierre Jansen, Paul Misraki.