Gervaise
19561h 52m
- Romance
- Drama
TMDB rating 6.7TMDB60 votes
Overview
Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves is sent to prison.
- Directed by
- René Clément
- Written by
- Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost
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Cast
Maria Schell
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
François Périer
Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
Jany Holt
Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
Mathilde Casadesus
Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
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Facts
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Production companies
- Cino del Duca, Agnès Delahaie Productions, Silver Films, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
