French Women (French: Sous les jupes des filles, lit. 'Under the Skirts of Girls') is a 2014 French comedy drama film and the directorial debut of Audrey Dana. The film tells the stories of eleven women in Paris and features an ensemble cast including Isabelle Adjani, Alice Belaïdi, Laetitia Casta, Audrey Dana, Julie Ferrier, Audrey Fleurot, Marina Hands, Géraldine Nakache, Vanessa Paradis, Alice Taglioni and Sylvie Testud.
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Plot
Story of 11 middle-aged women of different backgrounds find their lively distaff side within and outside the bonds of marriage, work and family life. The story is told through a prism of infidelity, insecurity, neurosis, boredom, frustration, menopause ...etc.
Cast
Isabelle Adjani as Lili
Alice Belaïdi as Adeline
Laetitia Casta as Agathe
Audrey Dana as Jo
Julie Ferrier as Fanny
Audrey Fleurot as Sophie
Marina Hands as Inès
Géraldine Nakache as Ysis
Vanessa Paradis as Rose
Alice Taglioni as Marie
Sylvie Testud as Sam
Laure Calamy as Cathy Bento
Stanley Weber as James Gordon
Alex Lutz as Jacques, Inès's husband
Guillaume Gouix as Ysis's husband
Soundtrack
"The Seasons Lost Their Jazz" - Natalia Doco - 3:13
"The Good the Bad & the Crazy" - Imany - 2:48
"Try Again" (Theme) - Imany - 1:00
"Don't Be So Shy" - Sherika Sherard - 3:17
"Dropped Down" - Emilie Gassin - 3:10
"The Seasons Lost Their Jazz" (Theme) - Imany - 1:42
"Sitting on the Ground" - Axelle Rousseau - 3:16
"Try Again" - Imany, Emilie Gassin, Natalia Doco, Axelle Rousseau & Sherika Sherard - 3:19
"Don't Be so Shy" (Work in Progress) - Imany - 3:02
"The Good the Bad & the Crazy" (Jazz Theme) - Imany - 2:02
"The Seasons Lost Their Jazz" (Choral Version) - Imany, Natalia Doco, Axelle Rousseau & Sherika Sherard - 3:13
"The Good the Bad & the Crazy" (Movie Version) - Imany - 3:52