Gervaise

Film Details

Genre

Romance, Drama

Released

1956

Runtime

1h 52m

Country

France

Director

René Clément

Cast

Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus, Suzy Delair, Armand Mestral

Storyline

An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.

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