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Gervaise (1956)

An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.

Romance Drama

Gervaise

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as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

François Périer

François Périer

as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur

as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau

Mathilde Casadesus

Mathilde Casadesus

as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse

as Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise

as Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise

as Maman Coupeau

Micheline Luccioni

Micheline Luccioni

as Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise

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Original Music Composer

Assistant Director

Agnès Delahaie

Claude Clément

Assistant Director

Production Design

Robert Juillard

Robert Juillard

Director of Photography

Léonard Keigel

Assistant Director

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