Memoirs of a French Whore
La Dérobade
Release: 1979-10-17
·Runtime: 107m
·★ 6.1
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
S.N. Prodis
ATC 3000
Cast
Emilie Benoît
Thérèse Quentin
Brigitte Sy
Patricia Millardet
Michel Berto
as Humiliated Client
Noëlle Leiris
Miou-Miou
as Marie
Jean Benguigui
as Jean-Jean
Odile Schmitt
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
as Police Inspector
Guy Kerner
as Sadistic Client
Maaike Jansen
Jeanne Carré
Henry Djanik
as Jacques
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Nadia Kaci
Maria Schneider
as Maloup
Régis Porte
as François
Bernard Cazassus
as Roger
Albert Dray
Christiane Tissot
Henri Viscogliosi
Françoise Deldick
Niels Arestrup
as André
Brigitte Ariel
as Odette
Yvon Brexel
Jean-Claude Jay
as Client in Dark Glasses,
Maïté Nahyr
Daniel Duval
as Gérard
Maria Verdi
Isabelle Mergault
as Prostitute
Adelita Requena
Martine Ferrière
as Madame Pedro
Manuela Gourary
Daniel Vérité
Marie Pillet
as Lulu
Max Morel
as Antoine
Yves Gabrielli
Alain Frérot
Crew
Jeanne Cordelier
Novel, Adaptation, Screenplay
Max Morel
Casting
Jean-Jacques Ferran
Boom Operator
Yvon Crenn
Unit Manager
Georges Pierre
Still Photographer
Jean-Pierre Vergne
Assistant Director
Christopher Frank
Dialogue, Screenplay
Jacky Reynal
Makeup Artist
Vladimir Cosma
Original Music Composer
Daniel Duval
Director, Screenplay