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Irma la Douce
UNITED STATES · 1963

Irma la Douce

Billy Wilder
prostitution love and obsession identity and deception class conflict redemption
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Synopsis

When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.

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