An often ignored film by Truffaut, this black comedy is about women and their seemingly magical hold over men. Lafont, who first appeared in his 1957 short, LES MISTONS, takes up where she left off some 15 years earlier. In LES MISTONS she was tormented by a quintet of young boys who were
very much in love with her. Here Lafont is able to take revenge on her tormentors.
The picture starts with a sociologist, Dussollier, preparing to write a book called Criminal Women (which he never gets to publish). He visits a women's prison and decides to interview convicted murderess Lafont, passing up offers to interview a woman who dismembered her victims and anothe...
Released:
1973
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins