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A Gorgeous Kid Like Me

A Gorgeous Kid Like Me

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A Gorgeous Kid Like Me

1972

1h 38m

6.2(94 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is writing a thesis on criminal women, so he visits Camille Bliss in prison for an interview. Accused of murdering her husband and her lover, Camille recounts her life and love affairs.

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Les Films du Carrosse

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bernadette Lafont

Bernadette Lafont

Camille Bliss

Claude Brasseur

Claude Brasseur

Maître Murene

Charles Denner

Charles Denner

Arthur

Guy Marchand

Guy Marchand

Sam Golden

André Dussollier

André Dussollier

Stanislas Prévine

Anne Kreis

Anne Kreis

Hélène

Philippe Léotard

Philippe Léotard

Clovis

Gilberte Géniat

Gilberte Géniat

Isobel Bliss

Michel Delahaye

Michel Delahaye

Marchal

Danièle Girard

Danièle Girard

Florence Golden

Creative team

Directed by: François Truffaut
Written by: François Truffaut
Jean-Loup Dabadie
Produced by: Marcel Berbert

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