La Garçonne
La Garçonne (The Bachelor Girl or The Flapper) is a 1936 French black-and-white film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Victor Margueritte. It was directed by Jean de Limur and starred Marie Bell (in the title role), Arletty and Edith Piaf.
Plot
The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse character (played by Edith Piaf), ensuring the film became a succès de scandale. Another actress in the film, Arletty, said of it:
More details
| author | Albert Dieudonné |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Jean de Limur |
| editor | Jean Oser |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | édith piaf flapper force french woman lesbian lesbianism love affair marriage of convenience succès de scandale |
| musicBy | Jean Wiener |
| publisher | Franco London Films |
| theme | lgbt-related |