The Tomboy
La Garçonne
Release: 1936-02-21
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 3.1
Drama
Romance
The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Franco London Films
Cast
Marie Bell
as Monique Lerbier, la garçonne
Arletty
as Niquette
Henri Rollan
as Régis Boisselot
Maurice Escande
as Lucien Vigneret
Édith Piaf
as Chanteuse
Marcelle Géniat
as Tante Sylvestre
Vanda Gréville
as Élisabeth
Jean Worms
as Lerbier
Marcelle Praince
as Madame Lerbier
Jaque Catelain
as Georges Blanchet
Pierre Etchepare
as Plombino
Jean Tissier
as Des Souzaies
Philippe Hersent
as Peer Rys
