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Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)

Les Bonnes Femmes poster
Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Genre
drama film, French New Wave, comedy drama
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 73 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four young women working in Paris navigate their personal lives and relationships with men. Each woman has distinct experiences that reveal the pressures and illusions of romance in the city.

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What happens

Les Bonnes Femmes is a 1960 French nouvelle vague comedy drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It follows four young Parisian women and their very different encounters with men. Though unsuccessful upon its initial release in France, it was subject to critical reevaluation, and is now regarded as one of the best of Chabrol's early films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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