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  2. Cherchez la femme - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Femme - Wikipedia

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    Femme (/ f ɛ m /; [1] French:, literally meaning "woman") is a term traditionally used to describe a lesbian woman who exhibits a feminine identity or gender presentation. [2] [3] While commonly viewed as a lesbian term, alternate meanings of the word also exist with some non-lesbian individuals using the word, [4] notably some gay men and ...

  4. The Adulterous Woman - Wikipedia

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    "The Adulterous Woman" (French: La femme adultère) is a short story written in 1957. It is the first short story published in the volume Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus . Characters

  5. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...

  6. Femme fatale - Wikipedia

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    Femmes fatales were standard fare in hardboiled crime stories in 1930s pulp fiction.. A femme fatale (/ ˌ f ɛ m f ə ˈ t æ l,-ˈ t ɑː l / FEM fə-TA(H)L, French: [fam fatal]; lit. ' fatal woman '), sometimes called a maneater, [1] Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising ...

  7. The Unfaithful Wife - Wikipedia

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    The Unfaithful Wife (French: La Femme infidèle) is a 1969 French–Italian crime drama film written and directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Stéphane Audran and Michel Bouquet. [1] The story follows a businessman who discovers his wife has been unfaithful.

  8. The Woman in the Fifth - Wikipedia

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    The Woman in the Fifth (French title La femme du Vème) is a 2011 French-British-Polish drama film directed and written by Paweł Pawlikowski.Adapted from Douglas Kennedy's 2007 novel of the same name, the film centers on a divorced American writer (Ethan Hawke) who moves to Paris to be closer to his young daughter.

  9. Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen

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    First page of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne), also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written on 14 September 1791 by French activist, feminist, and playwright Olympe de Gouges in response to the 1789 Declaration of ...