Les Biches (English: The Does) is a 1968 drama film directed by Claude Chabrol.
It depicts a tortured love triangle between characters portrayed by Stéphane Audran and Jacqueline Sassard; Jean-Louis Trintignant also stars.
Audran won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.
[4] While the film does not acknowledge any literary sources, Les Biches is loosely based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, with the main characters' genders being switched.
On the Pont des Arts in Paris, a rich and beautiful woman, Frédérique, picks up a penniless female street artist called Why.
Chabrol later admitted he included the lesbian plot in order to help the film at the box office.
[5] Chabrol talked about the story: It is about the equilibrium of such a relationship, when someone else intervenes about the bargains that people make with each other.