Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo ?
France • 1966
Director
Synopsis
In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for sublime. Polly becomes the subject of an episode of a vapid TV news documentary series called "Qui êtes-vous?" and is pursued by the filmmaker and by the prince of Borodine, a small country in the Soviet bloc.
Synopsis
In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for sublime. Polly becomes the subject of an episode of a vapid TV news documentary series called "Qui êtes-vous?" and is pursued by the filmmaker and by the prince of Borodine, a small country in the Soviet bloc.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorWilliam Klein
WriterWilliam Klein
CinematographerJean Boffety
ComposerMichel Legrand
EditorAnne-Marie Cotret
ProducerRobert Delpire
Cast
Dorothy McGowanas Polly Maggoo
Jean Rochefortas Grégoire Pecque
Sami Freyas Le prince Igor
Grayson Hallas Miss Maxwell