Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : two myths -- Teen rebellion -- The young woman alone : Isabelle Huppert, Isabelle Adjani, and Nathalie Baye -- Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle B�eart, and the temptations of vanity -- The shame of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi -- Sandrine Kiberlain -- Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, and La c�er�emonie -- The allure of Hollywood -- Alone at midlife : Nathalie Baye in the nineties -- The French Meryl Streep -- Agn�es Jaoui -- Marriage and adultery (same thing) -- G�eraldine Pailhas and building a career -- Isabelle Carr�e and madness -- Les femmes d'un certain age -- The new talent -- France and America -- Appendix one : how to sell French films in the United States -- Appendix two : how to see French films in the United States.

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