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Cherchez la femme (French: [ʃɛʁʃe la fam]) is a French phrase which literally means 'look for the woman'. It is a cliche in detective fiction , used to suggest that a mystery can be resolved by identifying a femme fatale or female love interest.
Cherchez la femme is a French phrase which literally means "look for the woman." It may also refer to: "Cherchez La Femme", song performed by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band and later by Gloria Estefan; Last song on Fabulous Poodles eponymous debut; Some Like It Veiled (Cherchez la femme), French film
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band was a big band- and swing-influenced disco band that was formed in the Bronx, New York.The band is best known for its number-one US dance hit "Cherchez La Femme/C'est si bon", from its self-titled debut album.
Some Like It Veiled (French: Cherchez la femme) is a 2017 French comedy film directed by Sou Abadi. [3] [4] Cast. Félix Moati - Armand; Camélia Jordana - Leila;
However, it is more likely a reference to the popular phrase cherchez la femme, meaning that there is frequently a woman behind a man's behaviour and motives in detective stories; since in this novel the victim was a girl, who was presumed to have a male lover, the phrase was changed jokingly by the detective.
French newspapers often use a headline containing une femme ("a woman" or "one woman"). French Wikipedians created a biography of this nameless woman on May 22 as part of their series of Pastiches (or Parodies). With four exceptions, the linked references are in French. The headlines, with one exception, all contain the words une femme or
Coccinelle appeared in the 1962 Argentine thriller film Los Viciosos and was the first French trans woman to become a major star, when Bruno Coquatrix splashed her name in red letters on the front of Paris Olympia for her 1963 revue, Cherchez la femme. She later appeared in the 1968 Spanish romantic drama Días de viejo color.
Sharon Kinoshita is a professor of medieval literature, and co-director of the UCSC Center for Mediterranean Studies at UC Santa Cruz. [1] In 2016, she published a new translation of Marco Polo's 'Description of the World', from the Franco-Italian 'F' version of the text. [2]