La Nuit porte jarretelles (1985)
Directed by Virginie Thévenet

Comedy / Romance

Film Synopsis

Dumped by Frédéric, Jézabel is a woman in search of adventure.  Ariel is a man at a loose end who allows himself to be dragged by Jézabel into a night of wild excess, in which every earthly desire must be satisfied to the limit.  Jézabel has the time of her life, but Ariel soon grows tired of this frenetic ramble through the more sordid precincts of Paris...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Virginie Thévenet
  • Script: Virginie Thévenet (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Alain Lasfargues
  • Music: André Demay, Mikado, Virginie Thévenet
  • Cast: Jezabel Carpi (Jezabel), Ariel Genet (Ariel), Caroline Loeb (Louise), Eva Ionesco (Albane), Dominique Besnehard (Le fou devant les toilettes publiques), Arielle Dombasle (La secrétaire), Jacques de Gunzbourg, Rosana Berenson, Marie Beltrami, Farida Khelfa, François-Marie Banier, Laura Duke Condominas, Maud Molyneux, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Pascal Greggory, François Baudot, Patrick Bauchau, Jean Bouyer, Rosette, William Amatera
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 85 min

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