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Gervaise (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Gervaise' is a 1956 French film directed by Ren Clment based on the 1877 novel 'L'Assommoir' by mile 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 Franois Prier) into alcoholism. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards. Schell won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1956 Venice Film Festival for her performance. It won the 1957 BAFTA for Best Film and Best Actor.
Cast
* Maria Schell: Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, a patient and courageous laundrywoman
* Franois Prier: Coupeau, Gervaise's husband, a roofer
* Suzy Delair: Virginie Poisson, an old rival who hates Gervaise
* Armand Mestral: Lantier, Gervaise's former lover
* Jany Holt: Mme Lorilleux, Coupeau's ill-tempered sister
* Mathilde Casadesus: Mme Boche, the concierge
* Florelle: Maman Coupeau, Coupeau's aged mother
* Micheline Luccioni: Clmence, a laundrywoman who works with Gervaise
* Lucien Hubert: Monsieur Poisson, a policeman and Virginie's husband
* Jacques Harden: Goujet, a smith, a friend of Coupeau and Gervaise's
* Jacques Hilling: Monsieur Boche, the concierge's husband
* Hlne Tossy: Mme Bijard
* Amde: Mes Bottes, Coupeau's drinking buddy
* Hubert de Lapparent (as Hubert Lapparent): Monsieur Lorilleux, a chainmaker, Mme Lorilleux' long-suffering husband
* Rachel Devirys: Mme Fauconnier
* Jacqueline Morane: Mme Gaudron
* Yvonne Claudie: Mme Putois
* Georges Paulais: Father Bru
* Grard Darrieu: Charles, laundry worker
* Pierre Duverger: Monsieur Gaudron
* Marcelle Fry: Laundry owner
* Denise Pronne: a laundrywoman
* Simone Duhart: a fishmonger
* Andr Wasley: Father Colombe
* Ariane Lancell: Adle
* Aram Stphan: the mayor
* Georges Peignot: Monsieur Madinier
* Max Elbze: Zidore
* Jean Relet: 'Sergent de ville' (policeman)
* Roger Dalphin: worker
* Armand Lurville: presiding officer at hearing
* Jean Gautrat: Bec Sal
* Christian Denhez: tienne, Gervaise and Lantier's younger son, at the age of 8
* Christian Frez: tienne at the age of 13
* Patrice Catineaud: Claude, Gervaise and Lantier's elder son, at the age of 6
* Chantal Gozzi: Nana, Gervaise and Coupeau's daughter, at the age of 5
* Michle Caillaud: Lalie
* Gilbert Sanjakian: the Boches' son at the age of 6
* Yvette Cuvelier: Augustine, apprentice at the laundry, at the age of 13
* Paul Prboist: member of the audience at the cabaret
* Jacques Bertrand: factory foreman
See also
*L'Assommoir
* List of submissions to the 29th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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