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Gervaise [ʒɛʁ.vɛz] is a 1956 French historical drama film directed by René Clément based on the 1877 novel L'Assommoir by Émile 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 François Périer ) into alcoholism .
The equally gripping Gervaise, his vivid adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, is an uncompromising depiction of a laundress’s struggles with an alcoholic husband while running her own business. Gervaise was nominated for an Oscar and earned Maria Schell best actress honors at the Venice Film Festival.
- Gervaise Macquart
The heroine, Gervaise (Maria Schell), is a Parisian working-class woman during the Second Empire (1860s) who attempts to improve her social status. Her efforts are doomed, however, by a couple of selfish alcoholics-- her first lover Lantier (Armand Mestral), and her husband Coupeau (Francois Perier). The fascination of the character of Gervaise ...
Pour plus de détails, voir Fiche technique et Distribution . modifier Gervaise est un film français réalisé par René Clément , sorti en 1956 . Il est inspiré du roman L'Assommoir d' Émile Zola . Synopsis [modifier | modifier le code] Paris, à partir de 1852. Les malheurs et la déchéance de Gervaise, blanchisseuse abandonnée avec ses jeunes fils Étienne et Claude par son amant ...
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- René Clément
Dec 8, 2008 · The New York Film Critics awarded Gervaise Best Foreign Language film and the BAFTA gave it the Best Film From Any Source as well as Best Foreign Actor for François Perier. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, and at the Venice Film Festival, director René Clément won the FIPRESCI Prize and Maria Schell ...
- René Clément
- Maria Schell
Gervaise Macquart (Maria Schell) is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier (Armand Mestral) walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau (François Perier), a ...
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GERVAISE (1956) France, b/w, 112m. Directed by René Clement. Screenplay by Jean Aurenche, based on the 1876 novel "L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola. Part of Zola's twenty-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series. Maria Schell has the title role of Gervaise, a good-natured, hard-working laundress with two children.
