A Gentle Woman (1969)
3.7 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
The film opens with a falling scarf, leading us to a young woman's dead body on the street. From the later scenes, we understand that the young woman was Elle (Dominique Sanda), who steps off the balcony of her Parisian apartment, plunging to her death. Why has she done it? As her distraught husband, Luc (Guy Frangin), looks over her dead body, and explores what led her to kill herself in a talk to the maid, the picture traces their lives together in flashbacks. Elle is A Gentle Creature - meek, dreamy and thoughtful. She entrances Luc, who pursues her passionately. They marry, but the match never seems right. The story reveals their desperate, despairing miscommunication. Though they try many diversions (theater, television, films) these are momentary respites for the two of them (for Elle more-so, as we see with her interest in Hamlet, which plays out in an extended scene). Their dialogue only deepens her isolation and sadness. - Actors:
- Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Jeanne Lobre, Claude Ollier, Jacques Kébadian, Gilles Sandier, Dorothée Blanck
- Directors:
- Robert Bresson
- Producers:
- Mag Bodard
- Writers:
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Robert Bresson
- Aka:
- Une Femme Douce / A Gentle Creature
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Countries:
- France
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