| Bernadette Lafont | ... | Camille Bliss | |
| Claude Brasseur | ... | Maître Murene | |
| Charles Denner | ... | Arthur | |
| Guy Marchand | ... | Roger, aka Sam Golden | |
| André Dussollier | ... | Stanislas Prévine | |
| Anne Kreis | ... | Hélène | |
| Philippe Léotard | ... | Clovis Bliss | |
| Gilberte Géniat | ... | Isobel Bliss | |
| Michel Delahaye | ... | Marchal | |
| Danièle Girard | ... | Florence Golden | |
| Jérôme Zucca | ... | L'enfant cinéaste amateur | |
| Gaston Ouvrard | ... | Le vieux gardien de prison / Old prison warder | |
| Martine Ferrière | ... | La secrétaire de la prison / Prison Secretary | |
| Jacob Weizbluth | ... | Alphonse, le muet / Alphonse, the mute | |
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| Marcel Berbert | ... | Le libraire (uncredited) | |
| Jean-Loup Dabadie | ... | Un photographe (uncredited) | |
| Annick Fougery | ... | Teacher (uncredited) | |
| Jean-François Stévenin | ... | Le vendeur de journaux (uncredited) | |
| François Truffaut | ... | Un journaliste (voice) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| François Truffaut | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Henry Farrell | (novel "Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me") | |
| Jean-Loup Dabadie | (adaptation and dialogue) & | |
| François Truffaut | (adaptation and dialogue) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Georges Delerue | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Pierre-William Glenn | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Martine Barraqué | |||
| Yann Dedet | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko | (as Jean-Pierre Kohut) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Monique Dury | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Thi-Loan Nguyen | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Marcel Berbert | .... | production manager | |
| Claude Ganz | .... | production manager | |
| Claude Miller | .... | unit production manager | |
| Roland Thénot | .... | production leader | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Suzanne Schiffman | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Jean-François Stévenin | .... | assistant art director | |
Sound Department | |||
| René Levert | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Jean-Claude Dolbert | .... | special effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Walter Bal | .... | camera operator | |
| Anne Khripounoff | .... | assistant camera | |
Other crew | |||
| Christian Lentretien | .... | production administrator | |
| Christine Pellé | .... | script girl | |
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Like Michael Winner, Truffaut thinks a feminist movie would be about a sexually promiscuous woman who turns the tables on a serious of idiotic men who are so caricatured that they bear little relation to the real oppressors facing women at this time, especially in institutionally misogynistic France.
I should really like this film, it has everything I wanted - directed by the maker of my three desert-island films; magic realism; a Chinese-whispers narrative structure; bawdy comedy; grotesques; superb performances. Bernadette Lafont is sprightly in the lead role, escaping all the traps men lay for her (including her director). Andre Dussolier is sensational is his first role as the intellectual, spectacles-wearing professor who can't see beyond his own nose, and Guy Marchand is hilarious as a spectacularly vain rock star.
All these things are good. The film isn't. Go figure.