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Story of Women ( French: Une affaire de femmes) is a 1988 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol, based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, guillotined on 30 July 1943 for having performed 27 abortions in the Cherbourg area, and the 1986 book Une affaire de femmes by Francis Szpiner . The film premiered at the 45th Venice ...
Story of Women: Directed by Claude Chabrol. With Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant, Nils Tavernier. A housewife in Nazi-occupied France struggles to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Claude Chabrol
- 1990-02
Story of Women. In Nazi-occupied France, Marie (Isabelle Huppert), a mother of two, is struggling to support her family. Her debilitated husband, Paul (François Cluzet), can no longer work when ...
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- Isabelle Huppert
- Claude Chabrol
- Drama
Feb 14, 1990 · Story of Women. It is the unique ability of Isabelle Huppert to betray almost nothing to the camera, when she chooses to. Some of the best moments in her performances come when she regards the camera as if daring us to guess what she is thinking. This quality is indispensable to the character she plays in Claude Chabrol 's "Story of Women ...
Jun 18, 2012 · 1h 48m. The story of a French woman who performed abortions and was one of the last women in France to be executed by the guillotine. Following the opening credits, Cherbourg, occupied France, 1943, Marie-Louise (Isabelle Huppert) returns home with her children, meeting friend Ginette (Marie Bunel) on the stairs and later friend Rachel (Myriam ...
- Claude Chabrol
- Isabelle Huppert
France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room to a familiar prostitute. She doesn't pay any attention to her husband, who returned from the war because of his injury and lives her own life. Abortions gradually begin to bring a good income, and boredom can be easily dispelled by starting a young lover.
Synopsis. "Une affaire de femmes" known as Story of Women is based upon the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud. During World War II, Marie Latour and her children live poor in a ratty apartment in Nazi-occupied France. Her husband Paul had been drafted to war. Marie discovers her neighbor Ginette is pregnant and wants an abortion.
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