For her scandalous directorial debut, Nelly Kaplan waged a battle against the patriarchy—and French censors!—with her anarchic heroine, envisioned as a modern-day witch. Toppling provincial hypocrisies with glee, Bernadette Lafont’s defiant outcast reclaims her autonomy by weaponizing her sexuality.

At once a road film, a cautionary tale, and an autumnal romance, Nelly Kaplan’s freewheeling comedy—in which she cameoed as a fortune teller—cannot be pinned down. As a wildly absurd series of unfortunate events sends a working-class couple off course, love emerges as the greatest wealth of all.

An island populated by lusty temptresses might sound like the ultimate male fantasy. Under Nelly Kaplan’s satirical and surreal gaze, however, such paradise warps into men’s worst nightmare! Wielding erotic control over a serial Don Juan, the idyll’s sirens playfully subvert the rules of attraction.

Making a delightful mockery of male selfishness and paternal control, Nelly Kaplan’s riotous kidnapping comedy revels in the zany pleasure of misbehaving. Ingeniously adept at turning men into obedient lapdogs, Sheila White’s adorably kooky heiress kicks, screams, and seduces her way to freedom.