The Lady Banker

La banquière

France

1980

131 Min

Color

1.85:1

French

Currently 2.6/5 Stars.
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SCR Francis Girod, Georges Conchon

CAST Romy Schneider, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Carmet, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Fabbri, Daniel Auteuil, Thierry Lhermitte

This story moves at the speed of a retreating glacier. Many scenes go flat for lack of interest. It takes a Renoir to draw a portrait of a society in crisis, and Girod is no Renoir. I am a fan of Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie-France Pisier and the other stars in the cast, but they are used only for window-dressing. Happily there is Romy Schneider, the most beautiful woman in the business in those days, and she does not disappoint. Her costumes are gorgeous, her hair never looked better, and she can swoop into a room better than any other actress. The way she spits out her defiance of the corrupt, conservative officials who oppose her kept me interested in the film. –IMDb

Director

Francis Girod

Francis Girod (9 October 1944 – 19 November 2006) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His film L’enfance de l’art was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. In 1994, he was a member of the jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. —Wikipedia