La Garçonne (1957)

5.5/10 97 min Drama

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.

Cast

Fernand Gravey

Georges Sauvage

Andrée Debar

Monique Sorbier, 'la garçonne'

Jean Danet

Lucien Vigneret

Jean Parédès

Edgar Lair

George Reich

Peer-Rys

Colette Mars

Nichette

René Lefèvre

Professeur Vignabos

Elisabeth Manet

Ginette

Bernard Dhéran

Max Delaume

Robert Arnoux

Sorbier

Jacques Castelot

Marie Daëms

Arlette Montéran

Renée Passeur

Mme Sorbier

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