A Dirty Story
A group of friends listen as one man tells them a story about a time when, in a small cafe, he discovered a peephole into the ladies' bathroom and became addicted to looking through it at female genitals. They ask him questions and come to conclusions about sex. This is a filmed, scripted version. Then, the actual person who this happened to relates the same story; this time, however, it is an unscripted documentary, in which the same things occur as in the scripted one.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Une sale histoire |
| Year | 1977 |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Documentary, Comedy, Drama |
| Director | Jean Eustache |
| Runtime | 50 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.4/10 (31 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs a brilliant mirrored narrative, presenting the same voyeuristic tale first as a polished scripted piece, then as a raw documentary confession. It explores how framing alters moral perception and relies on the unsettling friction between performance and authenticity.
What lingers after the final cut is a profound unease about the ethics of storytelling itself. The film becomes a peephole into our own complicity as an audience. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Jean Eustache
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With a small, intellectually curious group, preferably after midnight debates.
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