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A Gentle Woman

by Robert Bresson1h281968France
A Gentle Woman

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A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. We learn in flashback about how they met, married, and how she failed to adapt her lifestyle to his. Disgusted with his attempts to dominate her, she considered murdering him, but found herself unable to do it.

Cast and crew

  • Credits

    • Production Compagny : Parc Films, Marianne Productions
    • Sound Mixer : Jacques Maumont
    • Producer : Mag Bodard
    • Photo Director : Ghislain Cloquet
    • Editing : Raymond Lamy
    • Original Music : Jean Wiener
    • Set Decoration : Pierre Charbonnier
    • Original Work Author : Fiodor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski
    • Sound Recorder : Urbain Loiseau, Jacques Lebreton
    • Dialogs : Robert Bresson
    • Director : Robert Bresson
    • Scenario : Robert Bresson

  • Technical details

    • Printed format : 35 mm
    • Year of production : 1968
    • French release date : 18 juin 1969
    • Category : Feature film
    • Color : Colors
    • Language : French

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