Les Biches

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Tic Toc M My favorite Claude Chabrol film and one of my favorite French films, period. I saw this for the first time a few years ago, just randomly put it on with no expectations, and was totally blown away. I love when that happens! It's not for everyone, but I found it captivating from the very first scene, enigmatic, unpredictable, and also sexy, stylish...and extremely beautiful. Very 1968, one of my favorites of the year. The beauty and prettiness of the two leads is almost overwhelming. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/16/23 Full Review Audience Member What a waste of time! I think this is one of the weakest movies of claude chabrol. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Probably seen as racy for its time, Claude Chabrol's tale of a love triangle between two women and a man is actually anything but. Instead, it drifts along in that French way, hinting at dominance and submission, aggression and passivity -- although the title doesn't mean The Bitches but rather The Does. Indeed, we see the young woman (called "Why") drawing a doe on the pavement during the prologue to the film. Across the film, she changes her personality as she is adopted and then rejected by both the woman (Frederique, Stephane Audran) and the man (Jean-Louis Trintignant). The ending, perhaps inevitable, doesn't quite come off, because this personality transformation doesn't quite feel right. Still, the film is odd and even bewitching at times, since it doesn't telegraph where it is going. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member A very simple story. Not much goes on; and the story is odd. The acting was fair. We have apparent lesbian lovers who develop a relationship with the same guy. One female character is a bit older. She was old enough to know herself and her sexual preferences. But, she gives up women to turn to a hetero relationship ... go figure. Some women seem to have a plastic, moldable, sexual orientation. Something is not rite there. This is an old story. Its interesting that men rarely, if ever, go from gay relationships to hetero ones. Ive never heard nor read of a documented case like that. There did not seem to be much dramatic tension. So, when the ending comes, it is a bit out of place. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member The bisexual relatiuonship between two women living in a St. Tropez villa. This is one of the works that represents best director Claude Chabrol and his sexy, seductive, intense and trendy thriller with shades of alienation and which also represented the European class and vogue of the time. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member major mind games and power play here. well, ménage-a-trois (sort of ) don't usually have happy endings. quite beautifully shot and stylish, but disturbing. and not one of those i' d rewatch. couldn't shake off this vacous feeling after the credits rolled. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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