Gervaise (film)
| Gervaise | |
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| Directed by | René Clément |
| Screenplay by | Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost |
| Based on | L'Assommoir by Émile Zola |
| Produced by | Agnès Delahaie |
| Starring | Maria Schell François Périer Jany Holt |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Henri Rust |
| Music by | Georges Auric |
| Distributed by | Les Films Corona |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Gervaise is a 1956 French 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. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards.[1] Schell won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1956 Venice Film Festival for her performance. It won the 1957 BAFTA for Best Film and Best Actor.
Cast[]
- Maria Schell: Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, a patient and courageous laundrywoman
- François Périer: Coupeau, Gervaise's husband, a roofer
- Suzy Delair: Virginie Poisson, an old rival who hates Gervaise
- Armand Mestral: Lantier, Gervaise's former lover
- Jany Holt: Mme Lorilleux, Coupeau's ill-tempered sister
- Mathilde Casadesus: Mme Boche, the concierge
- Florelle: Maman Coupeau, Coupeau's aged mother
- Micheline Luccioni: Clémence, a laundrywoman who works with Gervaise
- : Monsieur Poisson, a policeman and Virginie's husband
- : Goujet, a smith, a friend of Coupeau and Gervaise's
- Jacques Hilling: Monsieur Boche, the concierge's husband
- : Mme Bijard
- Amédée: Mes Bottes, Coupeau's drinking buddy
- (as Hubert Lapparent): Monsieur Lorilleux, a chainmaker, Mme Lorilleux' long-suffering husband
- Rachel Devirys: Mme Fauconnier
- : Mme Gaudron
- : Mme Putois
- Georges Paulais: Father Bru
- Gérard Darrieu: Charles, laundry worker
- : Monsieur Gaudron
- : Laundry owner
- : a laundrywoman
- : a fishmonger
- : Father Colombe
- : Adèle
- : the mayor
- Georges Peignot: Monsieur Madinier
- : Zidore
- : Sergent de ville (policeman)
- : worker
- : presiding officer at hearing
- : Bec Salé
- : Étienne, Gervaise and Lantier's younger son, at the age of 8
- : Étienne at the age of 13
- : Claude, Gervaise and Lantier's elder son, at the age of 6
- : Nana, Gervaise and Coupeau's daughter, at the age of 5
- : Lalie
- : the Boches' son at the age of 6
- : Augustine, apprentice at the laundry, at the age of 13
- Paul Préboist: member of the audience at the cabaret
- Jacques Bertrand: factory foreman
See also[]
- L'Assommoir
- List of submissions to the 29th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References[]
- ^ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
External links[]
- Gervaise at IMDb
- Gervaise at Rotten Tomatoes
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- French-language films
- 1950s historical drama films
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- Films set in the 19th century
- French black-and-white films
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- Films based on works by Émile Zola
- Films based on French novels
- Films scored by Georges Auric
- Best Film BAFTA Award winners
- Films with screenplays by Jean Aurenche
- Films with screenplays by Pierre Bost
- Films about alcoholism
- 1956 drama films
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