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Mauvais Genre (1997)
Directed by Laurent Bénégui
Overview
The film’s title is a pun, the double meaning referencing both the “wrong genre” and a person with distasteful motives. Insecure novelist Martial Bok promotes his new sexy novel La Fille de Dos (“Girl Observed From the Rear”) with a round of book-signings and talk-shows. When beautiful hat designer Camille buys the book, Martial follows her and spies on her as she reads his book and removes her clothing. It’s the beginning of his obsession and also an inspiration. After Martial’s live-in girlfriend Lucie establishes contact with Camille for real, Martial is able to type out another sexy manuscript.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Jacques Gamblin | Elina Löwensohn | Monica Bellucci | Michel Aumont | Michael Lonsdale | Agnès Obadia | Christiane Cohendy | Thiam Aïssatou | Jean-François Perrier | Laurent Olmedo | Zinedine Soualem | Stéphane Rideau | Aurélie Guichard | Adrienne Pauly | Evelyne Didi | Edouard Montoute | Thomas Chabrol | Charles Schneider | Bruno Solo | Alain Beigel | François Perrot | Paul-Loup Sulitzer | Philippe Lefait | Jacques Nolot | Attica Guedj | Martine Audrain | Agathe de La Boulaye | Thierry Mortuary