The Lady Banker

La Banquière tells the story of Emma Eckhart, a working-class woman, persecuted for her homosexuality, who becomes one of the great financial wizards of the twenties and thirties before an all-male establishment plots her demise and, failing to outwit her, resorts to murder.

A superb Romy Schneider in one of her most famous roles and greatest hits. La Banquière should be of interest to anyone intrigued by this actress, the ‘woman’s film’, and/or representations of lesbianism in cinema.