Introduction : two myths
Teen rebellion
The young woman alone : Isabelle Huppert, Isabelle Adjani, and Nathalie Baye
Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Béart, and the temptations of vanity
The shame of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Sandrine Kiberlain
Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, and La cérémonie
The allure of Hollywood
Alone at midlife : Nathalie Baye in the nineties
The French Meryl Streep
Agnès Jaoui
Marriage and adultery (same thing)
Géraldine Pailhas and building a career
Isabelle Carré 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.