The read
It runs a compact 53m.
Synopsis
The French female pioneer of immersion journalism, Maryse Choisy, who infiltrated in 1928 the prostitution underworld of Paris. Posing as a chambermaid, a lesbian bar dancer and more, she wrote a very successful and scandalous book about that avant-garde experience, and changed her mind about this world and these women's difficult condition.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Audrey GordonDirector
- Antoine AssayasOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeanne BalibarMaryse Choisy older (Narrator & voice over)
- Nine d'UrsoMaryse Choisy younger (Narrator & voice over)
Stills
Themes
prostituteparis, francebrothelarchive footagepretending to be a prostitutebrothel madaminvestigative journalismamateur footageold footagesocial & cultural documentarythe roaring twentieshistorical documentary