Les Biches

Two women fall into a dangerously tangled relationship over a winter in Saint-Tropez, in Chabrol’s seductive riff on Patricia Highsmith.

  • Director

    Claude Chabrol

  • With

    Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard, Stéphane Audran

  • France-Italy 1968. 99min

  • Digital (restoration)

  • Certificate

    15

  • English subtitles

This polarising work, both lauded and loathed by queer audiences, mines the seduction of privilege – a gender-swapped riff on Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley. Two women — one wealthy and idle, the other sharp and hungry — fall into a tangled relationship over a winter in Saint-Tropez. The film marked Chabrol’s creative and personal partnership with Stéphane Audran, and announced a new, more baroque register in his work.

Contains sexist attitudes and language.

Joint ticket available with Mean Girls: Claude Chabrol’s Dangerous Women on Wednesday 23 September 18:15 NFT2. Tickets £17, concessions £14 (Members pay £2.50 less). Book in person at the box office or by phone on 020 7928 3232.