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Gervaise
Directed by
René Clément
NR
1956
1h 52m
Drama
,
Romance
7.4
80%
74%
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A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society.
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Cast of Gervaise
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
Suzy Delair
Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise
Armand Mestral
Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise
Florelle
Maman Coupeau
Micheline Luccioni
Clémence
Lucien Hubert
Mr Poisson
Jacques Harden
Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise
René Clément
Director
Jean Aurenche
Writer
Pierre Bost
Writer
Agnès Delahaie
Producer
Gervaise Ratings & Reviews
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Arlene Croce
As a film version of Zola's L'Assommoir, Gervaise emerges as the finest rendering of a literary classic the cinema has given us since David Lean's Dickens films.
The Reporter
Stanley Kauffmann
The best compliment one can pay the new French film Gervaise is to say that it represents faithfully the Zola novel on which it is based.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Grim period film of 19th century Paris that encompasses the human condition.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Maria Schell (sister of Maximillian) givs a touching performance in Rene Clement's screen version of Emile Zola's grim social-realist novel, which was nominated for an Oscar in 1956.
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