El travesti (5.1)

Movie · 1988 · 1 h 47 min · Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by: Yves Boisset

Starring Zabou Breitman, Yves Afonso, Bernard Farcy, Anna Galiena, Valérie Steffen, Christine Pascal, Odile Schmitt, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus

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