A WOMAN'S LIFE (UNE VIE) |
PLAYING AT THE CREST THEATRE. In French with English subtitles. AWARDS - FIPRESCI Prize, Venice Film Festival 2016 REVIEWS Haunting and profound... There could never be too many movies like this one. A. O. Scott, The New York Times A moving, beautifully modulated adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s novel... has the kind of majesty found not in the grand gesture but the modest detail. Jay Weissberg, Variety A humble marvel. Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter |
PURCHASE 16th SFFF 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, I Am a No Man's Land - SFFF 2012) comes back home to her family castle. An only child, she is over-protected by her loving parents (Jean-Pierre Darroussin, The Snows of Kilimandjaro - SFFF 2012) and Yolande Moreau (Séraphine - SFFF 2009) and, still full of youthful dreams, she marries handsome local Viscount Julien de Lamare (Swann Arlaud), who soon reveals himself to be a stingy, brutal, fickle, and unfaithful husband. As she navigates his chronic infidelities, the pressure from her family and community, and the alternating joys and burdens of motherhood, Jeanne slowly loses her rosy illusions about a woman's life, even as privileged as she is. French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé shot this follow-up to his Cannes and César award winning The Measure of a Man (SFFF Mini Fest 2015) in the constricted 4:3 Academy ratio, creating a tightly composed work that perfectly translates Maupassant’s portrayal of Jeanne's confinement and solitude. Shown with A WHOLE WORLD FOR A LITTLE WORLD (LE MONDE DU PETIT MONDE) by Fabrice Bracq CREST THEATRE |
