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The Story of Women

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Original title

Une affaire de femmesaka

AKA

Story of Women

Year

1988

Running time

103 min.

Country

France

Director

Claude Chabrol

Screenwriter

Claude Chabrol, Colo Tavernier O'Hagan. Novel: Francis Szpiner

Cast

Music

Matthieu Chabrol

Cinematography

Jean Rabier

Producer

MK2 Productions

Genre

Drama | II World War

Synopsis

During World War II, in occupied France, a woman of limited schooling raises two children in a ratty flat. She is Marie Latour. In 1941, her husband Paul returns from the front, too weak to hold a job. Marie discovers she can make money performing abortions, using a soapy water douche. Many of her clients are knocked up by occupying Germans. She buys better food and clothes, looks for a new flat, and, through an acquaintance who is a prostitute, rents out her bedrooms to hookers during the day. She's indifferent to Paul; his humiliations grow as does her income. She hopes to be a singer. Male Vichy umbrage and moral hypocrisy may upend her. What is she thinking?

Rankings Position

#72 Best Movies and TV Series about the Second World War
#128 Best French Movies of all time

Awards: 1989: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Foreign Language Film

1989: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Language Film

1989: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Foreign Language Film

1989: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Foreign Language Film

1988: Venice: Best Performance Female (Isabelle Huppert)

1988: Valladolid International Film Festival: Best Actress (Isabelle Huppert)

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