Directed by:
Claude ChabrolScreenplay:
Claude ChabrolCinematography:
Henri DecaëCast:
Bernadette Lafont, Stéphane Audran, Lucile Saint-Simon, Clotilde Joano, Jean-Louis Maury, Albert Dinan, Pierre Bertin, Mario David, Claude Berri, Ave Ninchi (more)Plots(1)
French director Claude Chabrol, one of the founders of the French New Wave, follows carefree lives of four young elegant women who desire to gain the experience of romantic love in 60s in "romantic" Paris, with exactly balanced dose of spontaneity and freshness. All women work in the same shop under the supervision of lecherous boss, proclaiming empty talk about the human morals and good social manners. Each of them has their own way how to escape from the harsh everyday-life reality and the emptiness of their life. Rita (Lucile Saint-Simon) flirts with the boss, Jane (Bernadette Lafont) meets with married men, Ginette (Stéphane Audran) sing incognito in unknown cabaret and Jacqueline (Clotilde Joan) lives for her dream to find true love. Their romantic dreams of perfect men, however, disappear in mens´ recklessness, malice, promiscuity and lies. The famous director, also known as a master of the French thriller, follows its characters from the cool distance of an objective observer of the story's events, without condemning the weakness and stupidity of its characters. In the movie The Good Time Girls Chabrol proposes a realistic picture of life of young generation in 60s who live from day to day without their higher goals and ambitions. And it is this supposed "negative tone and excessive realism", because of why Chabrol encountered with resentment of critics and audiences at the time of the film exhibition. But today this movie is one of the classics of French cinema and the French Nouvelle Vague. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bernadette Lafont
France
Best movies:
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
Stéphane Audran
France
Best movies:
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Cousins (1959)
Sign of the Lion (1962)
Lucile Saint-Simon
France
Best movies:
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
Good Time Girls (1960)
The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)
Clotilde Joano
Switzerland
Best movies:
Z (1969)
The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)
Good Time Girls (1960)
Jean-Louis Maury
Best movies:
The Cousins (1959)
Line of Demarcation (1966)
This Man Must Die (1969)
Albert Dinan
France
Best movies:
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
Speaking of Murder (1957)
Françoise ou La vie conjugale (1964)
Pierre Bertin
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Mario David
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Oscar (1967)
Claude Berri
France
Best movies:
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
The Truth (1960)
The Three Brothers (1995)
Ave Ninchi
Italy
Best movies:
Anni difficili (1948)
Blazing Sun (1960)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Dominique Zardi
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Fantomas (1964)
Claude Chabrol
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
The Day of the Crows (2012)
Charles Belmont
France
Best movies:
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Good Time Girls (1960)
Henri Attal
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Fantomas (1964)
My New Partner (1984)
Philippe Castelli
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
Gabriel Gobin
Belgium
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The President (1961)
France Asselin
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Les Tricheurs (1958)
Sacha Briquet
France
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Witness in the City (1959)
Male Companion (1964)
Karen Blanguernon
France
Best movies:
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Good Time Girls (1960)
Castle Keep (1969)
Jean-Marie Arnoux
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Cousins (1959)
Sign of the Lion (1962)