La Travestie (1988)
Nicole is a female attorney who is frustrated with the male-dominated world of provincial law. She embezzles money from a law firm and travels to Paris where she disguises herself as a man in hopes it will make a difference in her life and career. Nicole has two lesbian affairs and becomes a pimp for one of the women. She also has an affair with a man who indicates that he doesn't want a serious relationship. Nicole's loneliness leads her to the affairs as she continues the downward spiral into schizophrenia in this depressing psychological drama.
- Date of release
- 1988-08-03
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Yves Boisset
Casting
- Zabou Breitman — Nicole Armingaud
- Yves Afonso — Alain
- Bernard Farcy — The Dutch
- Anna Galiena — Solange, aka Myriam
- Valérie Steffen — Anne-Marie
- Christine Pascal — Christine Chatelain
- Odile Schmitt — Jackie
- Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus — The customer with glasses
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