Simone Barbès or Virtue (Marie-Claude Treilhou, 1980)

Simone Barbès or Virtue
(Marie-Claude Treilhou, 1980, 77 min, France, French with English subtitles, Color)

This long-overlooked gem of a debut from Marie-Claude Treilhou plays out in three langourous settings; the first is a porn theater lobby, where leather-clad attendant Simone (Ingrid Bourgoin, looking a little like Trinity from The Matrix in weekend mode) and her coworker (Martine Simonet) mix it up with the gents and goblins scurrying past; later, Simone leaves to meet her girlfriend at what may be the most charming lesbian bar ever depicted on screen; and as the night comes to a close, Simone has a delicate, ambiguous exchange with a stranger who picks up women in his car. This simple story about warding off wee-hour loneliness is suffused with rich atmospheres and unexpected gestures, like a fake mustache torpedoed by real tears. (JS)

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