La Travestie

Drama, Comedy · 1988

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.

Starring

Philippe Sarde, Zabou Breitman, Yves Boisset, Yves Afonso, Yves Boisset, Bernard Farcy, Anna Galiena, Laurence Leininger, Valérie Steffen, Yves Dahan

Director

Yves Boisset