Going Places

Original title: Les valseuses

1974
R
1h 57m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

10K

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Dark Comedy Action Comedy Crime Drama

Two thugs travel around France terrorizing their compatriots.Two thugs travel around France terrorizing their compatriots.Two thugs travel around France terrorizing their compatriots.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

10K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The original French title is slang for "balls" (the testicular variety).

Goofs
All entries contain spoilers

Alternate versions
Despite being already rated "18" the German version is heavily cut, removing the following scenes:
The rape of "Ursula" and the fight/chase sequence with the locals afterwards.
The fight with the vigilantes after meeting Marie-Ange.
Between getting a new car from the mechanic and looking for a doctor there's a sequence missing when Marie-Ange has sex with the mechanic.
Hitting and driving over the store detective.
The theft of two bikes from a farmhouse.
Jean-Claude having sex with Pierrot just before leaving the beach house (this is later referred to by Pierrot when he says: "You surprised me, you bastard!")
A longer sex scene between Jeanne, Jean-Claude and Pierrot after she starts to get down on Pierrot.
In-between cuts of Marie-Ange being "educated" by Jacques, while Jean-Claude and Pierrot wait and fish outside the farmhouse.
Jacqueline being "educated" by Jean-Claude, Pierrot and Marie-Ange.

Connections
Featured in Un jour, un destin: Patrick Dewaere: Le dernier jour (2007)

this uncompromising and daring film demands respect

A wonderful, free flowing, often lyrical film that whisks you along, ever smiling, even if there are truly shocking incidents along the way. One gasps at the way the women are treated and yet ultimately they seem to come through very well and it is much credit to all concerned that so many potentially disastrous scenes all work so very well. This is possibly Depardieu's best performance, certainly his most natural. Jeanne Moreau performs outstandingly in what must have been a very difficult role to play and including vigorous sex scenes with a couple of guys at least half her age. Miou-Miou is lovely throughout and again has very difficult scenes to play. Initially this seems a down and dirty misogynist rant/romp but as the tale and characters unfold a much more tender and honest picture emerges. In the end this uncompromising and daring film demands respect.