Manon 70 (1968)

A journalist (Sami Frey) falls head over heels in love with a beautiful girl (Catherine Deneuve) who lives off rich men, usually introduced to her by her parasitic brother (Jean Claude Brialy) who acts as a go between. She falls in love with him and promises fidelity but it isn't long before the lure of haute couture clothes, jewelry, luxury apartments and traveling to exciting places changes her mind. Based on the 18th century novel MANON LESCAUT by Antoine Francois Prevost and directed by Jean Aurel. The source material has been used in ballet, the stage, cinema and opera many times. The most notable being Puccini's opera MANON LESCAUT. This modernization of Prevost's novel eschews the tragic ending but it remains an unsatisfying piece of film. Dressed by Emmanuel Ungaro, Deneuve looks impossibly beautiful but her amoral character is so shallow and without any redeeming qualities that it's hard to give her any empathy and even less for Frey's character when he decides to live off her and then whines about it. Worth checking out for Deneuve completists but others may find it irritating. With Elsa Martinelli, Robert Webber and Paul Hubschmid.