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3.6/5 Produced by Agnès Delahaie Cinematography Robert Juillard | 7.5/10 IMDb 69% Music by Georges Auric Initial release 3 August 1956 Story by Émile Zola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Jean AurenchePierre Bost Based on L'Assommoirby Émile Zola Starring Maria SchellFrançois PérierJany Holt Cast Similar Directed by René Clément, Émile Zola movies, Dramas |
Gervaise is a 1956 French film directed by René Clément based on the 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. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards. Schell won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1956 Venice Film Festival for her performance.

Michel legrand chanson de gervaise





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