Les Bonnnes Femmes

[Machine Translation] [KADOKAWA Western Film Selection] A film by Claude Chabrol, director of "The Cousin Comrade" ('59), who is considered one of the representatives of the New Wave along with Godard and Truffaut. The film was not released in theaters in Japan due to the critical acclaim and box-office failure in its home country at the time of its release, but it is now reevaluated as one of Chabrol's masterpieces. Bernadette Lafont, who played the role of Jeanne, is a Nouvelle Vague actress who appeared in the early short films of Nouvelle Vague directors. She won the Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Namaiki Charlotte" ('85). --The film depicts the dull days and exciting nights of four young women working in an electrical appliance store in Paris. Jeanne has a fiancee but hates being restrained. Ginette, the oldest, has many secrets. Rita is disappointed to see her boyfriend's parents. Jacqueline almost falls for a young, handsome man...

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[KADOKAWA 洋画セレクション] ゴダール、トリュフォーと並んでヌーヴェル・ヴァーグを代表する1人と言われた『いとこ同志』(59)のクロード・シャブロル監督作品。公開当時の本国での酷評と興行的惨敗のため、日本では劇場未公開となってしまったが、現在ではシャブロルの傑作のひとつとして再評価されている作品。ジャーヌ役のベルナデッド・ラフォンは、ヌーヴェル・ヴァーグ監督たちの初期短編に出演したヌーヴェル・ヴァーグ女優。『なまいきシャルロット』(85)でセザール賞助演女優賞受賞。――パリの電器店で働く4人の若い女性の退屈な昼と刺激的な夜を描く。ジャーヌはフィアンセがいながらも束縛を嫌う。一番年長のジネットは秘密が多い。リタは彼氏の両親を見て落胆する。ジャクリーヌは、若くハンサムな男に騙されそうになる・・・。

映像特典: 予告編