While employed as an usherette at a porno cinema, Simone (Ingrid Bourgoin) squabbles with her colleague as they welcome their peculiar clientele. After her shift, she waits for her girlfriend at a lesbian nightclub full of eccentric characters, before sharing a slow drive home with a stranger.

Produced by Paul Vecchiali’s Diagonale (Rosa la rose, fille publique), Marie-Claude Treilhou’s mercurial triptych is rich in style, funny detail, and heady atmosphere. Queer for the marginal stories it tells and for its offbeat, aesthetic blend of irony and sincerity, Simone Barbès or Virtue (Simone Barbès ou la vertu) is a gem of the post-New Wave, capturing both the thrilling possibilities and compelling absurdities of nighttime Paris.

Directed by Marie-Claude Treilhou, Simone Barbès or Virtue stars Ingrid Bourgoin, Martine Simonet, Michel Delahaye, Sonia Saviange, Max Amyl and Noël Simsolo.

On November 17, 2026, the French drama makes its premiere on disc when Radiance Films releases the film as a limited edition Blu-ray.

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