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1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 119 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Stephane Brize. |
| Cast |
Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau. |
| Summary |
Adapted from the novel Une vie by Guy de Maupassant, A Woman's Life is a tale of tormented love embedded in the restrictive social and moral codes of marriage and family in 19th century Normandy. Upon finishing her schooling in a convent, young aristocrat Jeanne (Judith Chemla) marries local Viscount Julien de Lamare (Swann Arlaud), who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful husband. As she navigates his chronic infidelity, pressure from her family and community, and the alternating joys and burdens of motherhood, Jeanne's rosy illusions about her privileged world are slowly stripped away. French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé shoots this follow-up to his Cannes and César Award winner The Measure of a Man in constricted 4:3 Academy ratio, creating a tightly composed work that perfectly translates de Maupassant's portrayal of life's indifferences. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Women -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Foreign films -- France.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Brizé, Stéphane, 1966- film director.
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Chemla, Judith, actor.
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Darroussin, Jean-Pierre actor.
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Moreau, Yolande, 1953- actor.
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Adaptation of (work): Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893.
Vie.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT12307014 |
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