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The Little Wheedlers

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The Little Wheedlers
Directed byJean-Marie Poiré
Written byJean-Marie Poiré
Produced byAlain Poiré
Yves Robert
StarringJosiane Balasko
Dominique Laffin
Caroline Cartier
CinematographyEdmond Séchan
Edited byMarie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Music byMartin Dune
Golden Earing
Bryan Ferry
Roxy Music
Distributed byGaumont Distribution
Release date
  • 25 January 1978 (1978-01-25)
Running time
96 minutes
LanguageFrench
Box office$3.6 million[1]

The Little Wheedlers (or Les petits câlins) is a French comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré.

Plot

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The Little Wheedlers tells the story of three Parisian friends who live in the same dwelling. The first (Sylvie) is Salesmen clothing market, the second (Corinne) works in a university restaurant and the third (Sophie) is unemployed. The latter moves large displacement motorcycle.

Cast

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Themes

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The film depicts the emancipation of women at the end of the 1970s. The radio advertisement during the theatrical release proclaimed: "Now it's the girls who flirt". As Thomas Morales notes, The Little Wheedlers captures "this shift where the strong woman takes power in relationships of seduction but above all where she questions the meaning of her life in a consumerist society".[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Les Petits câlins". Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Les petits câlins". php88.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  3. ^ Causeur.fr (2016-05-15). "Jean-Marie Poiré dans les couloirs du temps". Causeur (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-06.
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