Gervaise
(1956)|
In this adaptation of Émile Zola's novel L'Assommoir, which won a BAFTA Award for Best Film, Maria Schell plays the title character, a crippled laundress who's been abandoned (along with her two sons) by her lover. Eventually, she marries blue-collar worker Henri Coupeau (François Périer, who won a BAFTA for Best Actor) and realizes her dream of running her own laundry. But the scourge of Coupeau's alcoholism threatens to ruin everything.
Starring: Maria Schell, François Périer
Director: Rene Clement Genre: Foreign Format: DVD Language: French Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee ...  Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
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