Going Places (1974 film)

Going Places
Film poster
Les Valseuses
Directed byBertrand Blier
Screenplay byBertrand Blier
Philippe Dumarçay
Based onGoing Places
1972 novel
by Bertrand Blier
Produced byPaul Claudon
Starring
CinematographyBruno Nuytten
Edited byKenout Peltier
Music byStéphane Grappelli
Distributed bySN Prodis
Release date
  • 20 March 1974 (1974-03-20)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$42.9 million

Going Places is a 1974 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Bertrand Blier, and based on his own novel with the same title. Its original title is Les Valseuses, which translates into English as "the waltzers", a vulgar French slang term for "the testicles". It stars Miou-Miou, Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere, who all had their breakthrough roles with this film.

It is one of the most controversial films in French cinema due to its vulgarity, depiction of sexual acts, nudity and amorality. However, Blier's later acclaim for the rest of his filmography made it a cult film for modern critics.