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In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps in the foyer of her apartment house; she gives him a hot meal, then a place on the floor to sleep by her radiator, then she offers herself. She falls in love, giving him new life, clothes, a place to live. When he grouses that he must bar hop while she uses the flat for her work, she finds them a larger flat. He grows restless, seducing a manicurist and pressing her to prostitution. He's arrested for procuring, so Marie must decide what to do; he, too, must face the consequences of his choices.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Starring: Anouk Grinberg, Gerard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Released: January 31, 1996

Runtime: 99.0

Popularity Rating: 1.258

Canal+, Les Films Alain Sarde, Plateau A

France

Marie Abarth Anouk Grinberg
Jeannot Gerard Lanvin
Sanguine Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Jean-Francois Olivier Martinez
Melissa Dominique Lollia
Gilberte Dominique Valadie
2e client Jacques Francois
M. Herve Robert Hirsch
Directeur du personnel Bernard Fresson
4e client Jacques Gamblin
inspecteur Marvier Bernard Le Coq
1er Client Mathieu Kassovitz
3e client Michel Galabru

Art — Set Decoration: Georges Glon
Art — Set Decoration: Willy Holt
Camera — Director of Photography: Pierre Lhomme
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Christian Gasc
Directing — Director: Bertrand Blier
Editing — Editor: Claudine Merlin
Sound — Original Music Composer: Barry White
Sound — Original Music Composer: Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki
Writing — Screenplay: Bertrand Blier