Les Idoles - Gigi la Folle - Introductory song

Gigi la Folle introduces herself in ths number as the cute pop star of "Les Idoles," the perfect yé-yé girl, showing style and flair. "La talenteuse, la glorieuse, la charmeuse"

Opinion is spread on who this character is based on, though some seem to presume France Gall. What about Sylvie Vartan? (after all, she and Johnny Halliday did marry): interested to hear other suggestions!

Another clip from "Les Idoles," made in 1968, about the rise, malaise and fall of three French pop and rock'n'roll -- otherwise known as "yé-yé" -- stars, (The Idols), and the madness they are propelled towards by themselves and those with a vested interest in their pop success.

Originally performed as a play in 1966 by the same cast members here, who all then went on to greater prominent roles in films by Buñuel, Bertolucci, Pasolini, Godard, Rivette (Ogier frequently), Chabrol, Fassbinder, Téchine, Schroeter, Assayas, Lelouch, Garrel, Duras, Makavejev, Rocha, Costa-Gavras, Jancsó, Ruiz, de Oliveira, and Alain Tanner.

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Music

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• freakbeat
• idoles
• kalfon
• clementi
• clémenti
• bulle
• ogier
• yé-yé
• yéyé
• yé
• painpop
• proto-painpop
• Idols
• French
• pop
• rock'n'roll