Genre: Literary adaptation

OFFICIAL SELECTION IN CANNES 1983 – CANNES CLASSIC
César Awards, France, 1984 WINNER: César Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actress, Best Writing – Adaptation
When She arrives in a small French town in her tiny summer skirt and high-heeled shoes, She sets the entire male population afire. Pin Pon falls in love and marries her, never suspecting that her sexy walk is all part of an incredible revenge.

A handsome Parisian journalist named Gilles is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and bored with his current girlfriend. He escapes to his sister’s country home in rural Limoges, where he meets an equally bored (and married) woman. They start off a passionate affair, hoping to to find a few hours of sunlight… Based on a Francoise Sagan novel, the film follows the slowly changing the mood as the couple settles down in Paris.

During a school revue at which she gets to show off her singing talents, Félicie Nanteuil meets the well-known actor Aimé Cavalier. The latter has seen sent by the Odéon theatre to read some poetry. Félicie is a big fan of Cavalier and he admires her beauty. The actor persuades himself that the young woman has talent and gives her some lessons in diction, which turn out to be a pretext for her becoming his mistress. Cavalier then persuades the manager of the Odéon to hire Félicie and in no time the aspiring young singer is a greater star than the man who launched her on her career. Cavalier is devastated when Félicie falls for the irresistible Robert de Ligny, but he has a plan to win her back…