Canada / Sep 12, 1980 / Toronto Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Simone, a leather-clad porn theater worker, spends her shifts bantering with her coworker and observing eccentric customers in the cinema’s lobby. Tonight, she clocks out and heads off to meet her girlfriend, a waitress at a lesbian club. Later, she’ll encounter a lonely man on the prowl.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Pascal Bonitzer | Un client de la boîte de nuit |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Simone Barbès ou La Vertu |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français |
| Production countries | France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Diagonale |
| Release date | 27 febbraio 1980 |
| Production | Cécile Clairval, Paul Vecchiali |
| Writer | Marie-Claude Treilhou, Michel Delahaye |
| Editing | Paul Vecchiali, Franck Mathieu, Khadicha Bariha |
| Cinematography | Jean-Yves Escoffier, Michele Dell'Prane, Pierre Bouchereau, Marie Dunglas, Jojo Chretien, Franck Séchan |
| Assistant directors | Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Marie-Claude Treilhou, Didier Lenain, Aline Lecomte |
| Lighting | Bernard Estève, Jacques Vigier, Jean-François Drigeard |
| Camera operators | Franck Séchan, Michele Dell'Prane, Pierre Bouchereau, Marie Dunglas, Jojo Chretien, Jean-Yves Escoffier |
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| Additional photography | Michele Dell'Prane, Pierre Bouchereau, Marie Dunglas, Jojo Chretien, Franck Séchan, Jean-Yves Escoffier |
| Production design | Bénédict Beaugé |
| Art direction | Bénédict Beaugé |
| Set decoration | Bénédict Beaugé |
| Music | Roland Vincent, Antoine Bonfanti, Georges Daublon, Yves Zlotnicka |
| Sound | Antoine Bonfanti, Roland Vincent, Georges Daublon, Yves Zlotnicka |
| Costume design | Mário Fernandes, Nicole Neltner |
| Makeup | Mário Fernandes, Nicole Neltner |
| Hairstyling | Mário Fernandes, Nicole Neltner |
Release dates
Premiere
Japan / Nov 11, 2016 / Hiroshima International Film Festival
Theatrical release
France / Feb 27, 1980
United States / Apr 24, 1981 / New York City, New York
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