Sophie's Ways

This movie attempted to look at modern-day marriage at a time when the women's liberation movement was just starting to gain momentum. Lafont plays a free-thinking woman who falls in love with conservative Duchaussoy. Forsaking her liberated ideals, she agrees to marriage, only to find that married life is filled with double standards and that she is merely an object of display for her husband. She becomes friends with Ogier, who teaches her the ins and outs of being a decorative spouse, advising her to cheat on the bills to get the material things she wants. Lafont, in turn, convinces Ogier that they should try to preserve their dignity. She begins to paint as a m...