Les idoles

France

1968

105 Min

Color

1.66:1

French

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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DP Jean Badal, Gilbert Sarthre

CAST Pierre Clémenti, Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange, Michèle Moretti, Joël Barbouth, Philippe Bruneau, Marie-Claude Breton, Bernadette Lafont, Francis Girod

ED Jean Eustache, Francine Grubert

MUSIC Patrick Greussay, Stéphane Vilar

SOUND Gaston Dollet, Jean Nény

Synopsis

The initial success of three pop singers—reformed Brechtian delinquent Charly the Knife (Pierre Clémenti), fausse naïve Gigi la Folle (Bulle Ogier), and part-time psychic Simon le Magicien (Jean-Pierre Kalfon)—gives way to betrayal, conflict, and disillusionment in a flamboyant backstage drama of complicity and revolt. —Film Comment