Memoirs of a French Whore (French: La Dérobade) is a French film released in 1979. It was directed by Daniel Duval. It stars Miou-Miou, Maria Schneider and Niels Arestrup.

Plot

Marie is 19 and is bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets Gérard, a beautiful brown frimeur and voluble, who has no trouble seducing. Blinded by love, too candid, Mary decides to leave her parents and her clerk job to live with the man she considers as the love of her life. But Gerard is a pimp, who soon forces her into prostitution. By "home visit" first, in the street or in the Bois de Boulogne then, the young woman gradually discovers a world of decay and violence.

Memoirs of a French Whore

Cast

Miou-Miou as Marie

Daniel Duval as Gérard

Maria Schneider as Maloup

Niels Arestrup as André

Jean Benguigui as Jean-Jean

Martine Ferrière as Madame Pedro

Brigitte Ariel as Odette

Marie Pillet as Lulu

Régis Porte as François

Isabelle Mergault as a Prostitute

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Brigitte Sy

References

External links

1979 drama films

1979 films

French drama films

1970s French-language films

Films about prostitution in Paris

Films scored by Vladimir Cosma

Films featuring a Best Actress César Award-winning performance

1970s French films

Memoirs of a French Whore