Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me

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Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me
Directed by François Truffaut
Produced by Marcel Berbert
Written by Jean-Loup Dabadie
François Truffaut
Henry Farrell (novel)
Starring Bernadette Lafont
Claude Brasseur
Charles Denner
Music by Georges Delerue
Cinematography Pierre-William Glenn
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) 1972
Running time 98 min.
Language French
IMDb profile

Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (French: Une belle fille comme moi, aka A Gorgeous Bird Like Me) is a 1972 French film directed by François Truffaut, starring Bernadette Lafont. It is based on Henry Farrell's 1967 novel Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me.

[edit] Plot

Stanislas Previne is a young sociologist, preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets in prison Camille Bliss to interview her. Camille is accused to have murdered her lover Arthur and her husband Clovis. She tells Stanislas her life and her love affairs.

[edit] Cast and roles

  • Bernadette Lafont - Camille Bliss
  • Claude Brasseur - Maître Murene
  • Charles Denner - Arthur
  • Guy Marchand - Roger, aka Sam Golden
  • André Dussollier - Stanislas Prévine
  • Anne Kreis - Hélène
  • Philippe Léotard - Clovis Bliss
  • Gilberte Géniat - Isobel Bliss
  • Michel Delahaye - Marchal
  • Danièle Girard - Florence Golden
  • Jérôme Zucca - L'enfant cinéaste amateur
  • Gaston Ouvrard - Le vieux gardien de prison/Old prison warder
  • Martine Ferrière - La secrétaire de la prison/Prison Secretary
  • Jacob Weizbluth - Alphonse, le muet/Alphonse, the mute
  • Marcel Berbert - Le libraire/ the bookseller (uncredited)
  • Jean-Loup Dabadie - Un photographe/ a photograph (uncredited)
  • Annick Fougery - Teacher (uncredited)
  • Jean-François Stévenin - Le vendeur de journaux/ the newspapers seller (uncredited)
  • François Truffaut - Un journaliste/ a journalist (voice) (uncredited)