Isabelle Huppert
Marie
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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.
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 · A film about a French woman who becomes an abortionist during World War II and faces a death sentence. Isabelle Huppert stars as Marie, a character whose motives and emotions are unclear and ambiguous.
Jun 18, 2012 · Cherbourg, Normandy, France, 1943, housewife Jean-Marie Giraud (Isabelle Huppert) at the beauty parlor meets hooker Lucie (Marie Trintignant), early in Claude Chabrol's celebrated historical drama, A working class woman in occupied France makes ends meet by performing abortions.
- Claude Chabrol
- Isabelle Huppert
Marie Latour, a woman of limited schooling, raises two children in a ratty flat during World War II in occupied France. In 1941, her husband Paul returns from German captivity, too weak to hold a job. Marie discovers she can make money performing abortions, using a soapy water douche.
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Une affaire de femmes (Story of Women) tells the story of Marie Latour (Huppert), a French housewife living in poverty during World War 2 with her two young children while her husband Paul (François Cluzet) is a POW in Germany.
