La Brune et Moi

Filmed in 1979, screened once in 1980 to a small crowd on the Left Bank, and lost until 2005, I'm sad to say that my 2011 tastes were underwhelmed with this one.

French director Philippe Puicouyoul lifted the story line (Business man falls for a young girl and vows to fulfill her dream of becoming a punk rock star) from Frank Tashlin's (also crappy) 50's Rocker flick, The Girl Can't Help It (1956) for this dumb 1980 "feature", which pieces together a lot of justly forgotten French new-wave musicians. Pierre Clementi, best known as Catherine Deneuve's lover in Belle de Jour, provides some amusement as the business manager of punk manque Anoushka, but the movie fell solidly into the "Rot" category. At least it was short!

The Bands:
Ici Paris
Artefact
Astroflash
Edith Nylon
The Questions (really known as Les Lous)
The Party
Marquis de Sade
Dogs
Go-Go Pigalles
Taxi Girl
Les Prives