Claude Chabrol classe Folies bourgeoises parmi les trois « plus mauvais films de l'histoire du cinéma », aux côtés de Fanny de Joshua Logan et du film de Bernard-Henri Lévy Le Jour et la Nuit
Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...