Les Bonnes Femmes
Movie: 1960, b/w, 100 min.
Actors: Bernadette Lafonte, Clotilde Joano, Stephane Audran, Lucile Saint-Simon
Ginette, Rita, Jacqueline and Jane try to find fulfillment and love in their lives. Rita has a fiancé whose family is obsessed with social distinction; Jane has a boy-friend in the army, but does not hesitate to enjoy herself with chance encounters; Ginette has a mysterious passion that keeps her away from her colleagues at nights. Jacqueline is lonely; but who is that mysterious bike-rider who is constantly following her ?
What does the last scene of the film mean?
At the very last scene in the night club, with the girl asked to dance. It is symbolic of a the lunatics in the world and the idea that they are women as well and perhaps the biker and her will meet up some day and be lunatics together. It is Chabrol's tiny little joke at the end of the film and an eerie one at that.
What is Chabrol's main manner of filming for this particular movie?
Chabrol main manner of filming this particular movie is by focusing on beauty. The manner in which he films is like a beauty product commercial, it's as if it is an advertisement for mascara or eyeliner, the constant focus on the eyes of each of the women is a testament to how beautiful they are. He portraits all of them, and grasps model profile shots, complemented each of their beauties. All of them are different and he uses those differences in the way he differently films them yet ties them together because of how pretty they are. It is a film noir that highlights a woman and how sexy or how cute a woman is and he showcases the different types of women. His muse is the "woman" period.
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