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The Scarlet Lady (1969)

The Scarlet Lady poster
Original title
La Femme écarlate
Directed by
Jean Valère
Genre
comedy film, comedy drama
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A wealthy Italian woman is cheated out of her money by her lover. She goes to Paris intending to murder him and then commit suicide.

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The Scarlet Lady (French: La Femme écarlate; Italian: La donna scarlatta), also known as The Bitch Wants Blood, is a 1969 comedy-drama film directed by Jean Valère and starring Monica Vitti, Maurice Ronet and Robert Hossein. Written by Valère and Paul Gégauff, the film follows a beautiful Italian businesswoman who, after being swindled out of her fortune by her boyfriend, travels to Paris to kill him before killing herself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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