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Model Shop
FRANCE · 1969

Model Shop

Jacques Demy
romance financial struggle Los Angeles transience human connection
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Synopsis

While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop", an establishment that rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers. George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph Lola, and discovers that she is as unhappy as he.

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