Look for a Woman
Look for a Woman (Russian: Ищите женщину, romanized: Ishchite zhenshchinu) is a 1983 Soviet crime comedy television film adaptation of the play "La Perruche et le Poulet" by French writer Robert Thomas, which is, in turn, the French adaptation of "Busybody" by Jack Popplewell, directed by Alla Surikova.Telephonist of notary Rocher, Mademoiselle Alice Postic, stays late at the office to chat with her friend on the phone and ends up finding her boss in death's throes, with a dagger in his back.Arriving on call, the police inspector Grandin turns out to be Alice's long-time acquaintance, but now he in every possible way disavows their love, which was once between him and Mademoiselle Postic.Linking the found objects with the death of the stranger, Alice begins her own investigation, in which she then helps, then interferes with her friend, Inspector Grandin.It turns out that the murdered young man is Jullien (Giuliano in Italian) Nalestro, lover of notary Rocher's wife.