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.
Acting
Miou-Miou's devastating descent from hope to hollow survival.
Direction
Duval's unsparing eye for the banality of exploitation.
Director
Daniel Duval
Miou-Miou
Marie
Maria Schneider
Maloup
Daniel Duval
Gérard
Niels Arestrup
André
Brigitte Ariel
Odette
Jean Benguigui
Jean-Jean
Martine Ferrière
Madame Pedro
Marie Pillet
Lulu
Régis Porte
François
Michel Berto
Humiliated Client
Yvon Brexel
Bernard Cazassus
Roger
Henry Djanik
Jacques
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Police Inspector
Albert Dray
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