''La Nuit porte-jarretelles'' (

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title: ''The Night Wears Suspenders'') is a 1985

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film directed by

Virginie Thévenet Virginie Thévenet (born 12 January 1957, in Paris) is a French actress, director and screenwriter. Films with Virginie Thévenet as actress * 1970 : '' Les Stances de Sophie'', by Moshé Mizrahi * 1972 : ''Faustine et le Bel Été'' * 1972 : ' ...

. The film stars Jezabel Carpi, Ariel Genet and

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Synopsis

A young woman leads a timid and innocent young man in an initiation and exploration of Paris by night.

Analysis

The film is an odd mixture, with Rohmerian cast and dialogues, mixed with a complacent night tour of the red-light districts of Paris, bordering on

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. ''La Nuit porte-jarretelles'' got a

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nomination (Best First Work) in 1986.

External links

* * 1985 films 1980s romance films French romance films 1980s French films {{1980s-France-film-stub