The Lady Banker

The Lady Banker

1980 · 131 min · FR · 5.3 (43 votes)
Dir. Francis Girod · Starring Romy Schneider, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Carmet, Jean-Louis Trintignant · Music Ennio Morricone
DramaComedy

Ambitious Emma Eckhert successfully makes her way into a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. She quickly becomes popular with small savers, but leads a scandalous life that will cost her.

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A dazzling, witty, and ultimately tragic look at a woman who conquers high finance in interwar Paris. It’s a glamorous, yet cynical, exploration of ambition, desire, and the high cost of living life on one's own terms.

wittyglamorouscynicalmelancholicsteadyperiod dramascrewball comedyarthouseambitionclasssexualitygreed
bankerparis, francebisexualityfinancesmoneyexecutionlgbt
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