The Hussy
1979 film
- 23 May 1979 (1979-05-23)
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The Hussy (French: La drôlesse) is a 1979 French drama film directed by Jacques Doillon. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, where Doillon won the Young Cinema Award.[1] In July 2021, the film was shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
François a misfit kidnaps Mado, an odd 11-year old, and a story of Stockholm syndrome forms in the attic where Mado is locked.
Cast
- Claude Hébert - François
- Madeleine Desdevises - Mado
- Paulette Lahaye - La mère de Mado
- Juliette Le Cauchoix - La mère de François
- Fernand Decaean - Le beau-père de François
- Dominique Besnehard - L'instituteur
- Odette Maestrini - L'epicière
- Ginette Mazure - La photographe
- Denise Garnier - La secrétaire de Mairie
- Norbert Delozier - Le beau-frère de François
- Janine Huet - La soeur de François
- Marie Sanson - La vieille dame aux Cailloux
- Edouard Besnehard - Le boulanger
- Henriette Adam - Une femme
- Jean Brunelière - Le juge d'instruction
- Jacques Thieulle - L'avocat
- Christian Bouillette - Un gendarme
References
External links
- The Hussy at IMDb
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Films directed by Jacques Doillon
- A Bag of Marbles (1975)
- The Crying Woman (1979)
- The Hussy (1979)
- The Pirate (1984)
- Family Life (1985)
- The Prude (1986)
- Comedy! (1987)
- The 15 Year Old Girl (1989)
- A Woman's Revenge (1990)
- The Little Gangster (1990)
- Le Jeune Werther (1993)
- Ponette (1996)
- Too Much (Little) Love (1998)
- Carrément à l'Ouest (2001)
- Raja (2003)
- Rodin (2017)
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