La petite vertu (1968)
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Cast
Dany Carrel, Jacques Perrin, Robert Hossein, Pierre Brasseur, Michel Creton, Micheline Luccioni, Cécile Vassort, Alfred Adam, Robert Dalban, Raymond Gérôme, Claude Chabrol, Pierre Richard, Jean-Claude Massoulier, Roger Bontemps
A Paris photographer’s love life becomes entangled with a friend’s romance and a thief’s arrival.
The story
Ferdinand, known as Fred, earns his living photographing tourists in Paris and shares his employer Jules Polnick’s studio with his friend François. François is in love with Janine, who is Fred’s mistress, and hopes to marry her; he arranges to meet her in a bar. There, by chance, François encounters Claire, a thief who sometimes works as a prostitute. The two fall in love and begin a relationship, but their happiness is threatened by the return of Brady, Claire’s former protector.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Ferdinand, known as Fred (Jacques Perrin), makes a living by photographing tourists in Paris. He shares his boss Jules Polnick’s (Pierre Brasseur) studio with his friend François (Michel Creton). François is in love with Janine (Cécile Vassort), Ferdinand’s mistress, and wants to marry her. He arranges to meet her in a bar. By chance, François crosses paths with Claire (Dany Carrel), a pretty thief who occasionally works as a prostitute. It is love at first sight, and they live a wonderful love story until the return of the menacing Brady (Robert Hossein), Claire’s former “protector.”
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