Critique de film : La Nuit porte jarretelles de Virginie Thévenet

La Nuit porte jarretelles is Virginie Thévenet’s debut feature film, shot quickly at night using improvised methods. The story follows Jezabel, who attempts to help her lover Ariel become more sexually confident during a night in 1980s Paris. The film explores sexual mores, desire, and eroticism through scenes in sex shops, peep-shows, and other adult venues. Thévenet cast non-professional actors alongside established performers like Pascal Gréggory and Arielle Dombasle. The narrative centers on Jezabel’s agency and desire driving their nocturnal adventures, while Ariel remains passive. The film employs a comic-strip aesthetic through vignettes and maintains an irreverent tone toward sexual hypocrisy. The critic places it among notable depictions of Paris’s interlope world from that decade, praising its modest objectives and directness, free from pretension and the heaviness of dominant French production.

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