Zig Zag (1975 film)

1975 French film

Zig Zag

Zig Zig
Directed by| László Szabó
Screenplay by| László Szabó
Starring|

* Catherine Deneuve
* Bernadette Lafont

Cinematography| Jean-Pierre Baux
Edited by| Jacques Witta
Music by| Karl Heinz Schäfer

Production
companies

* Renn Productions
* Les Films de la Citrouille
* FRAL Cinematografica

Distributed by| AMLF (France)

Release date

* 28 May 1975 (1975-05-28) (Italy)

Running time

| 89 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

Zig-Zag (French: Zig Zig) is a 1975 French film directed by László Szabó and starring Catherine Deneuve and Bernadette Lafont.[1]

## Plot[edit]

Marie and Pauline are two cabaret singers in the Pigalle entertainment district of Paris and are highly sought after as the stars of the "Zig Zig" cabaret number. Their admirers include Monsieur Jean, a wealthy retired police commissioner. Little by little, the couple of friends begins to receive "reservations" from regular customers at the bar of ex-boxer Aldo Minelli. There they prostite themselves to save money to create a secure future, dreaming of buying a chalet in the mountains.

However, unbeknownst to Marie, Pauline works with a gang of transvestites who kidnap the wife of the Minister of Agriculture. Marie discovers that Pauline is involved and call outs her friend for becoming a criminal. While the inspector assigned to the case, Inspector Bruyère, is in the dark on the case and his wife is cheating on him with the security guard Edelweiss, Monsieur Jean finally finds and identifies the minister's wife and solves the case. Pauline, however, is murdered shortly afterwards by the tramp Walter, who is in love with her and wants revenge. Monsieur Jean in turn kills Pauline's killer and runs towards Marie, who is holding her friend's lifeless body in her arms.

## Cast[edit]

* Catherine Deneuve as Marie
* Bernadette Lafont as Pauline
* Walter Chiari as Walter, the tramp
* Stéphane Shandor as Inspector Bruyère
* Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Guitarist
* Georgette Anys as Singer
* Jean-Pierre Maud as Edelweiss
* Hubert Deschamps as Monsieur Jean

## Production[edit]

Catherine Deneuve said it was one of the most chaotic shoots she had ever experienced, with director László Szabó constantly drunk on set.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Due prostitute a Pigalle". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian).
2. ^ Chapus, Jean-Vic; Ganzo, Fernando (March 2016). "God Save the Queen". So Film (in French) (38): 32–42.

## External links[edit]

* Zig Zag at IMDb