The Tomboy (1936)
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.
- Released
- 1936-02-21
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jean de Limur
- TMDB rating
- 3.9/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- Marie Bell as Monique Lerbier, la garçonne
- Arletty as Niquette
- Henri Rollan as Régis Boisselot
- Jean Worms as Lerbier
- Maurice Escande as Lucien Vigneret
- Édith Piaf as Chanteuse
- Marcelle Praince as Madame Lerbier
- Marcelle Géniat as Tante Sylvestre
- Suzy Solidor as Anika
- Vanda Gréville as Élisabeth
- Jaque Catelain as Georges Blanchet
- Pierre Etchepare as Plombino