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A Woman's Life
Une vie
Director
Stéphane Brizé
Cast
Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau, Swann Arlaud
Producer
Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto
Screenwriter
Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon
Distributor
MK2
Filmography
Mademoiselle Chambon (2009), Quelques heures de printemps (2012), La loi du marché (2015).
Normandy, 1819. Freshly graduated with a convent education, Jeanne le Perthuis des Vauds, an over-protected and innocent young woman filled with naive dreams, marries the Vicomte Julien de Lamare who swiftly proves himself to be violent, unfaithful and a skinflint to boot. Jeanne quickly loses her childish illusions.
Acclaimed director Stéphane Brizé (winner of the Grand Prix Mel Hoppenheim for MADEMOISELLE CHAMBON), inspired by a Guy de Maupassant novel, traces the life of Jeanne le Pertuis des Vauds from ages 18 to 45 during the first half of the 19th century. Brizé tracks the tragic “death of innocence”, and unveils an earlier history of women’s travails than that of Madame Bovary.
Acclaimed director Stéphane Brizé (winner of the Grand Prix Mel Hoppenheim for MADEMOISELLE CHAMBON), inspired by a Guy de Maupassant novel, traces the life of Jeanne le Pertuis des Vauds from ages 18 to 45 during the first half of the 19th century. Brizé tracks the tragic “death of innocence”, and unveils an earlier history of women’s travails than that of Madame Bovary.
Made possible by
2016 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL | OFFICIAL COMPETITION
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