La banquière (1980)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Francis Girod

Writers:

Georges Conchon (writer)
Francis Girod (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 August 1980 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Lesbian | Female Nudity | Lesbian Scene | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Romy Schneider	...	Emma Eckhert
Marie-France Pisier	...	Colette Lecoudray
Claude Brasseur	...	Largué
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Paul Cisterne
Jean Carmet	...	Duvernet
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Horace Vannister
Jacques Fabbri	...	Moïse Nathanson
Daniel Mesguich	...	Rémy Lecoudray
Noëlle Chatelet	...	Camille Sowcroft
Daniel Auteuil	...	Duclaux
Thierry Lhermitte	...	Devoluy
Alan Adair	...	Sir Charles
François-Régis Bastide	...	Le ministre de la Justice
Arnaud Boisseau	...	Armand
Yves Brainville	...	Prefaille

Also Known As:

The Woman Banker (International: English title)
Banker (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Die Bankiersfrau (West Germany) [de]
Die Bankpräsidentin (West Germany) [de]
I trapezitissa (Greece) [el]
Kobieta bankier (Poland) [pl]
La banchiera (Italy) [it]
La banquera (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

131 min | Spain:122 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Spain:18

Company:

France 3 Cinéma

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 8 femmes (2002)

Banker's Draft

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Films as innovative as Citizen Kane inevitably have a lot to answer for as other - often inferior - talents divide up the techniques like relatives dividing house and contents of their late family member so no prizes for guessing what gave Francis Girod to punctuate the story of Romy Schneider's banker via newsreels which conveniently display the dates, changing styles etc. As a bisexual Schneider should not be too surprised when she gets shafted by both male and female elements though arguably the one that hurt most was courtesy of Jean-Louis Trintignant who had her thrown into jail on a fraud charge, but then if you will offer 8 per cent interest when all around you they're offering one you're bound to be unpopular. For good measure Schneider is involved in a car crash and a stint in a mental hospital so you could argue she welcomed the bullet in the back albeit it came at the height of her fame. This is an absorbing film and if Schneider walks away with it that's not to say that Trintignant, Claude Brasseur and - in smaller roles - Daniel Auteuil and Thierry Lhermitte are chopped liver. Very well worth watching.