Gervaise (1956)1h52
Romance · Drama
Director René Clément (7.5 avg)
Also directed Purple Noon, Forbidden Games, Is Paris Burning?, and 20 more
Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves is sent to prison.
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Cast
Maria Schell
François Périer
Jany Holt
Mathilde Casadesus
Suzy Delair
Armand Mestral
Florelle
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