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Simone Barbès or Virtue

1980 · 74 min Drama
5.2 / 10 · TMDB

Simone, a leather-clad porn theater worker, spends her shifts bantering with her coworker and observing eccentric customers in the cinema’s lobby. Tonight, she clocks out and heads off to meet her girlfriend, a waitress at a lesbian club. Later, she’ll encounter a lonely man on the prowl.

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Original Title Simone Barbès ou La Vertu
Year 1980
Country France
Genre Drama
Director Marie-Claude Treilhou
Runtime 74 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.2/10 (21 votes)

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The film constructs a portrait of Parisian nightlife through the rhythm of shifts and the protagonist's detached gaze. It relies on a quasi-documentary aesthetic to explore the boundaries between work, private desire, and fleeting street encounters.

What lingers after viewing is the melancholy texture of urban life, where every casual intersection holds a quiet drama. The film's power is in its unforced, observational calm. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Marie-Claude Treilhou

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Watch late at night, in a state of contemplative drift, like a cinematic stroll.

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