
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks (1970)
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks (1970), directed by Michel Audiard, starring Annie Girardot and Bernard Blier.
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Synopsis
Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
- Michel AudiardDirector, Screenplay
- Monique IsnardonEditing
- Robert IsnardonEditing
About the film
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks (French: Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause !) is a 1970 French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard.
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris.
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She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks (French: Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause !) is a 1970 French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard.
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris.
Plot
Germaine, a housekeeper, has three customers: a substitute bank cashier, a television personality, and a child educator, and learns some of their secrets. Revealing these secrets with ability, she influences that the cashier blackmails the television personality, who blackmails the educator, who blackmails the cashier.
Finally, the cashier murders the educator who blackmailed him, who is then murdered by the television personality. Finally, Germaine blackmails her to obtain an income.
Cast
Annie Girardot ... Germaine, the housekeeper of Alexandre, Francine and Monsieur Phalempin
Bernard Blier ... Alexandre Liéthard, substitute cashier and sexually obsessed
Mireille Darc ... Francine Marquette, television presenter and former contestant at the "ballets roses"
Sim ... Monsieur Phalempin, educator at day and drag singer at night
Catherine Samie ... Jannou Mareuil, a friend Francine
Jean-Pierre Darras ... Georges de La Motte Brébière, the upcoming husband Francine
Jean Le Poulain ... Monsieur Gruson, the main cashier, murdered by Alexandre
Jean Carmet ... Marcel, barman of the "Triolet"
Micheline Luccioni ... Lucette, called "Lulu", a friend of Alexandre
Jean-Marie Rivière ... Fernand, the partner of Lucette
Anicée Alvina ... Monique, the pregnant young girl on the television program
Monique Morisi ... Juliette
Daniel Lecourtois ... Monsieur Brimeux, CEO of the bank
Robert Dalban ... Monsieur Delpuech, the principal of the bank
Evelyne Dress ... the customer at the bank with the big hat
Dominique Zardi ... professor of science in the forest
Jacques Hilling ... the partyman with Francine
Michel Audiard ... a sound engineer on television
Marc Doelnitz ... an artist of Alcazar
References
External links
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! at IMDb
Text from Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle_boit_pas,_elle_fume_pas,_elle_drague_pas,_mais..._elle_cause_!
Trivia
- It premiered on April 17, 1970, a Friday.
- It runs 1h20 — short for a feature film.
- Its original title is "Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais… elle cause".
- This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.
Production
- StudiosGaumont
- CountriesFrance
- LanguagesFrench
- StatusReleased
Cast
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Annie Girardot
Germaine -
Bernard Blier
Liethard -
Mireille Darc
Francine -
Jean Le Poulain
Gruson -
Sim
Phalempin -
Jean-Pierre Darras
Georges, 'Monsieur le Comte' -
Micheline Luccioni
Lucette -
Anicée Alvina
Pregnant teenager on tv -
Jean Carmet
Bartender -
Robert Dalban
Belpech -
Évelyne Dress
Bank customer -
Jean-Marie Rivière
Lucette's husband -
Dominique Zardi
Professor of natural sciences -
Agnès Duval
Old Lady -
Daniel Lecourtois
Brimeux - Monique Morisi Mrs. Juliette
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Catherine Samie
Jannou - Josée Yanne Announcer
- Michel Audiard TV sound engineer (uncredited)
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Marc Doelnitz
Artist with the parrot (uncredited)
Quiz about this movie
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Crew
- Michel Audiard Director
- Monique Isnardon Editing
- Robert Isnardon Editing
- Michel Audiard Screenplay
Questions about this film
What is She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks about?
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks: Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
Who directed She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks?
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks was directed by Michel Audiard in 1970.
Who stars in She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks?
The cast of She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks includes Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Jean Le Poulain and Sim.
How long is She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks?
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks runs for 80 minutes, or 1h20.
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