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French director Claude Chabrol, one of the founders of the French New Wave, follows carefree lives of four young elegant women who desire to gain the experience of romantic love in 60s in "romantic" Paris, with exactly balanced dose of spontaneity and freshness. All women work in the same shop under the supervision of lecherous boss, proclaiming empty talk about the human morals and good social manners. Each of them has their own way how to escape from the harsh everyday-life reality and the emptiness of their life. Rita (Lucile Saint-Simon) flirts with the boss, Jane (Bernadette Lafont) meets with married men, Ginette (Stéphane Audran) sing incognito in unknown cabaret and Jacqueline (Clotilde Joan) lives for her dream to find true love. Their romantic dreams of perfect men, however, disappear in mens´ recklessness, malice, promiscuity and lies. The famous director, also known as a master of the French thriller, follows its characters from the cool distance of an objective observer of the story's events, without condemning the weakness and stupidity of its characters. In the movie The Good Time Girls Chabrol proposes a realistic picture of life of young generation in 60s who live from day to day without their higher goals and ambitions. And it is this supposed "negative tone and excessive realism", because of why Chabrol encountered with resentment of critics and audiences at the time of the film exhibition. But today this movie is one of the classics of French cinema and the French Nouvelle Vague. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)