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Film
Female Agents

When

Thursday 19 June (6:30pm)

Where
Curzon Soho (99 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1, 020.7292.1686) Tube: Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus
Price
£12
Details
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/two_weeks/all_venues?film=Female+Agents%2FQ%26A+Jean-Paul+Salom%C3%A9+and+Deborah+Francois&date=
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Jean-Paul Salomé's romp stars a bevy of Gallic femmes in a daring mission to save a wounded British agent from the clutches of pursuing Nazis. Less Nouvelle Vague, existentialist musing than it is a stylised snapshot of France's unsung WWII heroines, Salomé's quiver of smouldering Frenchies includes Julie Depardieu as a hard-as-nails prostitute and Sophie Marceau as an incarnation of activist Lise Villameur. Salomé and star Déborah François — who gets handy with some explosives in the film — converse after the screening to further fete these brave ladies of la Résistance.

Oliver Spall