The Tomboy

The Tomboy — Plot

The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse.

• Release date
• February 21, 1936
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Jean de Limur

The Tomboy — Cast

Marie Bell Monique Lerbier, la garçonne Arletty Niquette Henri Rollan Régis Boisselot

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Jean Worms Lerbier Maurice Escande Lucien Vigneret Édith Piaf Chanteuse Marcelle Praince Madame Lerbier Marcelle Géniat Tante Sylvestre