

Femmes Fatales
1976-02-11 · 81 min · ★ 6.1
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...
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- Directors
- Bertrand Blier
- Production companies
- AMLF, Les Films Christian Fechner, Renn Productions
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Jean-Pierre MariellePaul Dufour
Jean RochefortAlbert
Brigitte FosseySuzanne Dufour
Bernard BlierFather Émile
Claude PiépluA Guerrilla
Gérard JugnotA Follower
Sylvie JolyThe Head Doctor
Dominique LavanantThe Myopic Woman
Claudine BeccarieThe Gynecologist's Patient
Pierre BertinThe Canon
Dora DollSimone, Captain of the Soldiers
Micheline KahnGeneviève
Michel PeyrelonA Guerrilla
Marthe VillalongaAn Employee
Liliane RovèreA Female Soldier
Jenny ArasseA Nurse
Nicole GarciaA Nurse
Marie PilletA Female Soldier
Jacques DenisA Guerrilla
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