Katie, thank you for your recommendations. I saw both «L’important c’est d’aimer» and “All the Colours of the Dark.” The first film is much the most clearly related to “La Puntion”. They both deals with the French sex industry in Paris in the 1970s, and end tragically. I can only remember seeing Romy Schneider as Empress Sisi, so it was interesting to see her in a French film. The only time I ever saw the McGarrigle Sisters onstage, Romy Schneider had just died and one of them paid a tribute to her. She seems to have been deeply loved all over la Francophonie. “All the Colours of the Dark” was not so clearly related to “La Punition” and was bit of a struggle for me. I had trouble keeping up with all the plot twists. Still, it was a happier story than “La Punition” and it was obvious that Edwige Fenech was a former beauty queen. I think a film with her in it would find a male audience if she was just sitting on her balcony sipping a cappuccino and reading the newspaper. Notorious P.A.T., another of Janice’s readers, noted similarities between “La Punition” and “Last Night in Soho”. I watched it last night and I agree with him. It may not be to every taste, but it does have the extraordinary Anya Taylor Joy in it, singing as well as acting. The sex trade in Western Europe in the 60’s and 70’s seems to have inspired a lot of films with a lot of top quality actors and actresses.