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Gervaise [ʒɛʁ.vɛz] is a 1956 French historical drama film directed by René Clément based on the 1877 novel L'Assommoir by Émile Zola. It depicts a working-class woman in the mid-nineteenth century (played by Maria Schell) trying to cope with the descent of her husband (played by François Périer) into alcoholism .
A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society. Gervaise Macquart, a young lame laundress, is left by her lover Auguste Lantier with two boys... She manages to make it, and a few years later she marries Coupeau, a roofer.
Gervaise est un film français réalisé par René Clément, sorti en 1956. Il est inspiré du roman L'Assommoir d' Émile Zola . Synopsis. Paris, à partir de 1852. Les malheurs et la déchéance de Gervaise, blanchisseuse abandonnée avec ses jeunes fils Étienne et Claude par son amant Lantier.
Gervaise. One of France’s most respected directors of the postwar era, René Clément created such intense psychological dramas as Forbidden Games and Purple Noon.
Gervaise Macquart (Maria Schell) is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier (Armand Mestral) walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau (François Perier), a ...
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An in-depth review of the film Gervaise (1956) directed by Rene Clement, featuring Maria Schell, Francois Perier, Jany Holt
Gervaise is a 1956 French film directed by René Clément based on the novel L'Assommoir by Émile Zola. It depicts a working-class woman in the mid-nineteenth century (played by Maria Schell) trying to cope with the descent of her husband (played by François Périer) into alcoholism.
