Going Places (1974 film)

Going Places
Film poster
Les Valseuses
Directed byBertrand Blier
Screenplay byBertrand Blier
Philippe Dumarçay
Based onLes Valseuses
1972 novel
by Bertrand Blier
Produced byPaul Claudon
Starring
CinematographyBruno Nuytten
Edited byKenout Peltier
Music byStéphane Grappelli
Release date
  • 20 March 1974 (1974-03-20)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$42.9 million[1]

Going Places is a 1974 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Bertrand Blier, and based on his own novel. Its original title is Les Valseuses, which translates into English as "the waltzers", a vulgar French slang term for "the testicles".[2] It stars Miou-Miou, Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere.

It is one of the most controversial films in French cinema due to its vulgarity, depiction of sexual acts, nudity and amorality. However, Blier's later acclaim for the rest of his filmography made it a cult film for modern critics.[3][4][5][6]

In the film, a duo of criminals commit sexual assault, car theft, kidnapping, and rape within a short time period. After a consensual threesome with a female ex-convict, they are surprised when she commits suicide. They decide to ally themselves with her young son, who is also an ex-convict. They unwittingly help their new ally in a revenge murder, and then have to flee from murder charges. One of their former victims willingly joins them in their flight.

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  2. ^ "Valseuse". Reverso. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Les Valseuses : tourné en Bourgogne". PATRIMOINE avec les yeux de Francesca. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  4. ^ "Fiche du film". dewaere.online.fr. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  5. ^ "Bertrand Blier livre quelques pépites sur "Les Valseuses"". Europe 1. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  6. ^ "Bon anniversaire Gérard Depardieu - cinema - Télé 2 semaines". www.programme.tv/news. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-27.