The Tomboy

The eponymous gar�onne 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.

Director

Jean de Limur

Writer

Albert Dieudonn� (scenario), Victor Margueritte (novel), Jacques Natanson (dialogue)

Released

21 Feb 1936

Country

France