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Tomboy (The)
Original Title
La Garçonne- Director: Jean de Limur
- Writer: Albert Dieudonné; Victor Margueritte
- Producer: Albert Dieudonné
CGiii Comment
The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse.
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Cast & Characters
Marie Bell as Monique Lerbier - la garconne;
Arletty as Niquette;
Henri Rollan as Regis Boisselot;
Jean Worms as Lerbier;
Maurice Escande as Lucien Vigneret;
Marcelle Praince as Madame Lerbier;
Marcelle Geniat as Tante Sylvestre;
Suzy Solidor as Anika;
Vanda Greville as Elisabeth;
Jaque Catelain as Georges Blanchet;
Pierre Etchepare as Plombino;
Jean Tissier as des Souzaies;
Philippe Hersent as Peer Rys;
Junie Astor;
Lena Darthes