La Travestie

La Travestie — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 3, 1988
• Runtime
• 107 min
• Genres
• Drama, Crime
• Director
• Yves Boisset

La Travestie — Cast

Zabou Breitman Nicole Armingaud Yves Afonso Alain Bernard Farcy The Dutch Anna Galiena Solange, aka Myriam Valérie Steffen Anne-Marie Christine Pascal Christine Chatelain Odile Schmitt Jackie Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus The customer with glasses