1979

1h 47m

6.3(28 votes)

Drama

Overview

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoration, 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. From within homes to out on the streets, the young woman gradually discovers a world of decay and violence.

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87 members

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Miou-Miou

Marie

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Maria Schneider

Maloup

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Daniel Duval

Gérard

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Niels Arestrup

André

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Brigitte Ariel

Odette

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Jean Benguigui

Jean-Jean

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Martine Ferrière

Madame Pedro

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Marie Pillet

Lulu

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Régis Porte

François

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Michel Berto

Le client qui aime être humilié

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Yvon Brexel

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Bernard Cazassus

Roger

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Henry Djanik

Jacques

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Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

L'inspecteur de police

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Albert Dray

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Jean-Claude Dreyfus

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Guy Kerner

Le client sadique

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Max Morel

Antoine

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Marc Adjadj

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Dominique Alavoine

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Emilie Benoît

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Christian Delangre

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Patrick Depeyrrat

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Herbert Fiala

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Alain Frérot

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Yves Gabrielli

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Manuela Gourary

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Maaike Jansen

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Jean-Claude Jay

Le client avec les lunettes noires

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Nadia Kaci

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Patrice Laclau

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Noëlle Leiris

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Isabelle Mergault

Une prostituée

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Thérèse Quentin

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Christiane Tissot

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Maria Verdi

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Daniel Vérité

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Henri Viscogliosi

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Françoise Deldick

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Mireille Alguacil

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Solange Ancona

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Luc Bergerac

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Mónica Botero

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Véronique Brisset

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Betty Bros

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Patricia Bros

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Jeanne Carré

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France Lise Celestine

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Béatrice Champanier

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Chouska

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Françoise Colaianni

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Roland Deronzier

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Carole Deterrier

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Armelle Duché

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Michel Duchezeau

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Deddy Dugay

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Suzanne Dupré

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Paola Esturgeon

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Serge Fabris

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Hughette Fargeas

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Joëlle Guillaud

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Gérard Guit

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Murielle Helary

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Catherine Henry

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Jean-Claude Jay

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Marylene Koja

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Gérard Lardeur

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Katia Lando

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Ludmilla Magin

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René Marquant

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Viviane Mathieu

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Lucifugus Merklen

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Patricia Millardet

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Guillemette Morichere

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Maïté Nahyr

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Betty Nocella

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Maya Panni

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Caroline Peretti

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Adelita Requena

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Anne Sacket

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Odile Schmitt

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Frank Stuart

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Brigitte Sy

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Michele Thulliez

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Anne Rosa Vourron

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Marina Yvart

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Ania Zabielak

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