Les Biches (1968)

Directed by

Claude Chabrol

Genre

drama film, erotic film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy older woman picks up a younger woman on the streets of Paris and brings her to a resort in Saint-Tropez. A male architect arrives and a love triangle develops with hidden motives and shifting loyalties.

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What happens

Les Biches (English: The Does) is a 1968 drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It depicts a tortured love triangle between characters portrayed by Stéphane Audran and Jacqueline Sassard; Jean-Louis Trintignant also stars. Audran won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. The film had an audience of 627,164 in France. While the film does not acknowledge any literary sources, Les Biches is loosely based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, with the main characters' genders being switched. Chabrol's screenwriter Paul Gégauff had previously adapted the novel into Purple Noon in 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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