Du rififi chez les femmes

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1959 film

20 May 1959 (1959-05-20) (France)

Running time

110 minutesCountryFrance/ItalyLanguageFrench

Du rififi chez les femmes ("The Riff Raff Girls") is a French-Italian film directed by Alex Joffé and released in 1959.^[1]

Plot

In Brussels, rival criminal gangs confront each other. One is led by Vicky, proprietor of a nightclub on a barge; the other by Bug, who wants to reign over the lucrative nightlife business. Vicky and her gang, who are planning a bank raid, are going to see their plans confounded by Bug. In effect, he is being manipulated by a police officer who forces him to help break up a drug trafficking deal in return for keeping his residence in Belgium. Bug and Yoko will strongly compromise the bank raid, believing that it is linked to the drugs.^[1]

Book

The film is based on the Auguste Le Breton novel, Du rififi chez les femmes, published in 1957 and reprinted in 2010.^[2]

Production

Director: Alex Joffé
Screenplay: Alex Joffé, José Giovanni, Gabriel Arout, James-Jacques Mage and Auguste Le Breton from his novel Du rififi chez les femmes (1957, Presses de la Cité)
Dialogue: Auguste Le Breton
Music: Louiguy
Song: Rififi, words by Charles Aznavour and music by Louiguy, sung by Nadja Tiller
Director of photography: Pierre Montazel
Camera Operator: Alain Douarinou
Sound: Joseph de Bretagne
Editing: Léonide Azar
Set Design: Rino Mondellini
Costumes: Pierre Balmain
Stills photographer: Walter Limot
Country: France, Italy
Filming:
- Language: French
- Interiors: Studios de Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine)
- Exteriors: Brussels
Producer: James-Jacques Mage
Director of production: Jacques Plante
Production companies: Les Productions de l'Étoile, Dismage, Transalpina, Technostampa
Distribution company: Cinedis
Aspect ratio: black and white — 35 mm — 1:37.1 — monaural
Genre: Crime film
Length: 110 min
Release date: 20 May 1959