Metrograph

An early and enormous artistic triumph of the French New Wave, Chabrol’s quietly class-conscious film records the dreams, dramas, and self-deceptions of a quartet of young Parisian girls working at an appliance shop, among them Bernadette Lafont and Stéphane Audran. A study of the social habits of the petite bourgeoisie, set against indubitably authentic locations seen in crisp black-and-white courtesy DP Henri Decaë, which develops into a melancholy cautionary tale on the risks of romantic illusion.

Distributor: Janus Films