Clara is a beautiful shop assistant projected into the movie world by her looks. Much like Bosè real story, her pretty face keeps her going, without her being much of an actress.
Clara marries a pushy movie producer who is too jealous to allow her career as a sex symbol and makes her starring in yet another version of Joan of Arc, instead.
The movie is a failure and Clara feel indebted with her husband, who lost lots of money. She completes the sexy comedy which was stalled by the husband and carries on an affair with a cynical diplomat, thinking it's "real love".
Clara discovers too late that love is not part of the parcel and she's left with the only option of playing the lead in sexy and cheap comedies.
It's somehow surprising to see how not so long ago, a woman was expected to obey her husband and refrain from expressing her wishes. Clara doesn't even know what she wants, she's just pushed around by all the men in her life. Her only relationship with a female "friend" is fake and opportunistic.
Still, similar stories are going on even nowadays with lots of young starlets who last as long as their youth does, to be replaced by the next wave.
Interesting movie, albeit not a great one.
Clara marries a pushy movie producer who is too jealous to allow her career as a sex symbol and makes her starring in yet another version of Joan of Arc, instead.
The movie is a failure and Clara feel indebted with her husband, who lost lots of money. She completes the sexy comedy which was stalled by the husband and carries on an affair with a cynical diplomat, thinking it's "real love".
Clara discovers too late that love is not part of the parcel and she's left with the only option of playing the lead in sexy and cheap comedies.
It's somehow surprising to see how not so long ago, a woman was expected to obey her husband and refrain from expressing her wishes. Clara doesn't even know what she wants, she's just pushed around by all the men in her life. Her only relationship with a female "friend" is fake and opportunistic.
Still, similar stories are going on even nowadays with lots of young starlets who last as long as their youth does, to be replaced by the next wave.
Interesting movie, albeit not a great one.