Les Biches (film)

Les Biches
Les Biches
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Claude Chabrol
Written by	Claude Chabrol; Paul Gégauff;
Produced by	André Génovès
Starring	Jean-Louis Trintignant; Jacqueline Sassard; Stéphane Audran;
Cinematography	Jean Rabier
Edited by	Jacques Gaillard
Music by	Pierre Jansen
Release dates	March 22, 1968 (France); August 30, 1968 (Italy);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France; Italy;
Language	French
Box office	627,679 admissions (France)

Les Biches (English: The Does) is a 1968 drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It depicts a tortured love triangle between characters portrayed by Stéphane Audran and Jacqueline Sassard; Jean-Louis Trintignant also stars. Audran won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3] The film had a total of 627,164 admissions in France.^[4]

While the film does not acknowledge any literary sources, Les Biches is loosely based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, with the main characters' genders being switched. Chabrol's screenwriter Paul Gégauff had previously adapted the novel into Purple Noon in 1960.

^ ^a ^b German, Yuri. "Overview: Les Biches". Allmovie. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
^ "Les Biches". Box office Story.
^ "Berlinale 1968: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
^ "Les Biches (1968) - JPBox-Office".

[amg-1] German, Yuri. "Overview: Les Biches". Allmovie. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

[biches-2] "Les Biches". Box office Story.

[berlinale_1968-3] "Berlinale 1968: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2010-03-06.

[JPBox_Office-4] "Les Biches (1968) - JPBox-Office".

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