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The Love of a Woman
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Wikipedia article
'The Love of a Woman' (French: 'L'amour d'une femme', Italian: 'L'amore di una donna') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grmillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay.The A to Z of French Cinema p.194 It was Grmillon's final feature film as director, although he made a handful of documentaries and short films.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location on the le d'Ouessant off Finistre.
Synopsis
A young female doctor settles in a village on an island off the coast of Brittany, where she engages in a relationship with an engineer working on a project on the island.
Main cast
* Micheline Presle as Dr. Marie Prieur
* Massimo Girotti as Andr Lorenzi
* Gaby Morlay as Germaine Leblanc
* Paolo Stoppa as Le cur
* Marc Cassot as Marcel
* Marius David as Lulu, l'adjoint d'Andr
* Yvette Etivant as Fernande de Malgorny
* Roland Lesaffre as Yves
* Robert Naly as Dr. Morel
* Madeleine Geoffroy as Isabelle Morel
References
Bibliography
* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. 'The A to Z of French Cinema'. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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