Characters & Themes
La Travestie (1988) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1988 · 107 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Yves Boisset
- Starring
- Zabou Breitman, Christine Pascal, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Bernard Farcy, Yves Afonso, Anna Galiena
Frustrated by a male‑dominated legal system, a provincial attorney embezzles firm funds and flees to Paris, disguising herself as a man to revive her career. She embarks on two lesbian affairs, becomes a pimp for one, and dates a man shunning commitment. Isolated, she spirals into schizophrenia, forming a bleak drama.
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