La Travestie

5.1 (8 votes)• 1988• 107m•Released

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Nicole is a female attorney who is frustrated with the male-dominated world of provincial law. She embezzles money from a law firm and travels to Paris where she disguises herself as a man in hopes it will make a difference in her life and career. Nicole has two lesbian affairs and becomes a pimp for one of the women. She also has an affair with a man who indicates that he doesn't want a serious relationship. Nicole's loneliness leads her to the affairs as she continues the downward spiral into schizophrenia in this depressing psychological drama.

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Languages: French

Director: Yves Boisset

Starring Cast: Zabou Breitman, Yves Afonso, Bernard Farcy, Anna Galiena, Valérie Steffen, Christine Pascal

Cast

Zabou Breitman

Nicole Armingaud

Yves Afonso

Alain

Bernard Farcy

The Dutch

Anna Galiena

Solange, aka Myriam

Valérie Steffen

Anne-Marie

Christine Pascal

Christine Chatelain

Odile Schmitt

Jackie

Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus

The customer with glasses

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