Summaries

Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams but often find real-life to be inescapable.

Ginette, Rita, Jacqueline and Jane try to find fulfillment and love in their lives. Rita has a fiancé whose family is obsessed with social distinction; Jane has a boy-friend in the army, but does not hesitate to enjoy herself with chance encounters; Ginette has a mysterious passion that keeps her away from her colleagues at nights. Jacqueline is lonely; but who is that mysterious bike-rider who is constantly following her ?—Eduardo Casais <[email protected]>

In Paris, Jane and her colleague and roommate Jacqueline are walking home when the friends Marcel and Albert hit on them and invited them to go to a restaurant. Later, Jacqueline goes home while Jane goes to Albert's apartment and has a threesome. On the next morning, they go to the appliance store Maison Belin where they work with Ginette, Rita and the spinster Mme Louise, who is the cashier. The owner Monsieur Belin is an abusive boss, and they hate their work. Jane has a military boyfriend but is a promiscuous party girl. Ginette has a secret life at night, singing in a music hall. Rita has a bourgeois fiancé, Henri, who does not respect her and believes she is empty. Jacqueline is naive and believes in love, and when a biker follows her everywhere with his motorcycle, she believes he is her shy prince charming. When Jacqueline meets him at a public swimming pool, they introduce themselves to each other and the biker Ernest Lapierre dates her. They go to a remote restaurant in the countryside, and he asks her why she dated him without knowing him. But soon Jacqueline learns who he is.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • love
  • tiger
  • world
  • women
  • french new wave
Genres
  • Mystery
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Apr 21, 1960
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Italy France
Language Italian French
Filming locations 72 Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris 11, Paris, France
Production companies Paris Film Panitalia

Box office

Gross US & Canada $6578
Opening weekend US & Canada $6578

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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