Gervaise Macquart Coupeau
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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 .
May 31, 2021 · Trailer with French subtitles for the movie 'Gervaise' released in 1956.Based on 'L'Assommoir' by Émile Zola.Directed by : René Clément (https://youtube.com/...
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Les malheurs et la déchéance de Gervaise, blanchisseuse abandonnée avec ses jeunes fils Étienne et Claude par son amant Lantier. Elle devient la femme de Coupeau, brave ouvrier couvreur qu'un accident voue à l'inaction, à l'alcoolisme et à la maladie. Ils ont une fille, Nana.
- France
- René Clément
As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri.
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- Maria Schell
- René Clément
- Drama
A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society. Gervaise Macquart, a young lame laundress, is left by her lover Auguste Lantier with two boys... She manages to make it, and a few years later she marries Coupeau, a roofer.
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.
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. Full Review | Mar 30, 2022
