Directed by:
Nelly KaplanScreenplay:
Nelly KaplanCinematography:
Jean BadalComposer:
Georges MoustakiCast:
Bernadette Lafont, Julien Guiomar, Claire Maurier, Jacques Marin, Michel Constantin, Louis Malle, Georges Géret, Jean Parédès, Pascal Mazzotti, Francis Lax (more)Plots(1)
This erotic dramedy is the debut feature of Argentinian director Nelly Kaplan, who worked in France. An exuberant, witty (and also somewhat bitter) story about an exploited woman who, when pushed to the extreme, stops being a victim and turns into a businesswoman who not only charges a high price for her services but also comes up with a spectacular plan for revenge. After her mother is tragically killed (along with her beloved black goat, known to be in league with witches), the impoverished Marie (Bernadette Lafont) declares war on the entire village. Having been sexually abused for years, she takes control of her body and her wallet, which induces moral indignation (She’s selling herself? What a whore!). But clever Marie soon exposes the hypocrisy of the village mayor, a local landowner, the shopkeeper and the vicar. A Very Curious Girl, which premiered at the Venice Festival, is a perfect satire on the double standards of morality and on patriarchy when coupled with capitalism. This provocative tale of emancipation is also one of the few erotic films of the era made by a woman. “Impertinence raised to the rank of art” was how the director’s friend, Pablo Picasso, described it, adding that he saw in it the “atmosphere of the best works of Luis Buñuel.” (New Horizons International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Bernadette Lafont
France
Best movies:
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
Julien Guiomar
France
Best movies:
Georges Bizet: Carmen (1984)
Animal (1977)
My New Partner (1984)
Claire Maurier
France
Best movies:
Amélie (2001)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Jacques Marin
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Les Misérables (1958)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Michel Constantin
France
Best movies:
Le Trou (1960)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
Second Wind (1966)
Louis Malle
France
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Vie privée (1962)
The Thief of Paris (1967)
Georges Géret
France
Best movies:
Cop or Hood (1979)
Z (1969)
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Jean Parédès
France
Best movies:
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Violette (1978)
Pascal Mazzotti
France
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Francis Lax
France
Best movies:
Cop Story (1975)
I'm Shy, But I'll Heal (1978)
The Troubles of Alfred (1972)
Gilberte Géniat
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Henry Czarniak
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
Micha Bayard
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Brain (1969)
Marcel Pérès
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
Fernand Berset
Switzerland
Best movies:
For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now (1982)
Idiot in Paris (1967)
Le Mille-pattes fait des claquettes (1977)
Claire Olivier
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
Les Tricheurs (1958)
Without Leaving an Address (1951)