A good movie

Once again, it is one of these really obscure French movies that almost no one has seen here on Listal (in fact, I was the 3rd user who has rated the damned thing). It seems that Bertrand Blier never managed to breakthrough internationally but the guy always had a stellar reputation in France and I always had a weak spot for his work. In fact, I even saw this flick in the movie theater when it was released and I can’t believe that it was already 20 years ago… I feel so old suddenly… Anyway, I thought it was a really intriguing drama dealing with prostitution, even if not everything did work though. Indeed, basically, the main issue I had is that it gives a rather fanciful and glamorized vision of this profession. In fact, by showing a woman really enjoying this work, you could argue that the whole thing was pretty much the wet dream of every average hetero man. And yet, there was something quite mesmerizing about this tale above all due to the impressive performance by Anouk Grinberg, probably one of the best French actresses at the time (she even won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin International Film Festival). To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I really have a weak spot for this movie and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.

7/10