
Bad Girls
1968, Drama, 1h 44m
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Movie Info
The door to a labyrinth of trysts and betrayals is opened when the wealthy and bisexual Frederique (Stéphane Audran) seduces young Parisian street artist Why (Jacqueline Sassard) and then takes her to a villa in St. Tropez to spend the winter. There, architect Paul Thomas (Jean-Louis Trintignant) becomes involved with both women. When Frederique realizes that Why is deeply in love with Paul Thomas, she becomes envious, and begins a series of erotic mind games involving all three lovers.
Cast & Crew
Stéphane Audran
Frédérique
Frédérique
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Paul Thomas
Paul Thomas
Claude Chabrol
Director
Director
André Génovès
Producer
Producer
Pierre Jansen
Original Music
Original Music
Critic Reviews for Bad Girls
Audience Reviews for Bad Girls
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Apr 15, 2008A rich businesswoman (Stéphane Audran) takes a homeless street artist (Jacqueline Sassard) under her wing, and initiates a twisted and deadly ménage-a-trois when her protégée's affair with an architect (Jean-Louis Trintignant) threatens the status quo. Such is Claude Chabrol's mastery at this sort of thing that he is able to reveal latent malice and emotional turbulence without ever once resorting to histrionics, and to create an intoxicating, erotically charged atmosphere without ever resorting to sexual explicitness. Although there's a palpable sense of impending tragedy throughout, I found the climactic 'Epilogue' oddly unsatisfying, lacking the sound, psychological underpinning of "Le Boucher", for example. Both of the female leads are fantastic; Trintignant avoids playing the stereotypical, sleazy seducer, but his character is comparatively underdeveloped and lacks depth. Jean Rabier's photography and Pierre Jansen's score are both outstanding.Stephen M Super Reviewer
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