The Girl on a Motorcycle
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The Girl on a Motorcycle is a 1968 French film staring Alain Delon, Marianne Faithfull, Roger Mutton, Marius Goring, and Catherine Jourdan.
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[edit] Plot
Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike — symbol of freedom and escape — to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men.
Based on the short story "La Motocyclette" by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, or the English title "The Motorcycle".
[edit] Other Info
- Alternate U.S. title: Naked Under Leather
- The Girl on a Motorcycle redefined the leather jacket for motorcyclists into a full body suit that Marianne Faithfull wore in the film. [Quilleriet, Anne-Laure. The Leather Book. New York: Assouline, 2004.]
[edit] Cast
- Alain Delon - Daniel
- Marianne Faithfull - Rebecca
- Roger Mutton - Raymond
- Marius Goring - Rebecca's Father
- Catherine Jourdan - Catherine
- Jean Leduc - Jean
- Jacques Marin - Pump Attendant
- André Maranne - French Superintendent
- Bari Jonson - First French Customs Officer
- Arnold Diamond - Second French Customs Officer
- John G. Heller - German Customs Officer
- Marika Rivera - German Waitress
- Richard Blake - 1st Student
- Chris Williams - 2nd Student
- Colin West - 3rd Student
