Name: Woman's Life, A
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-05-05

Woman's Life, A (2017)

Genre

Drama

Release Date

May 5, 2017

Studio

Kino Lorber

Information

Genre

Drama

Release Date

May 5, 2017

MPAA Rating

Duration

119 minute(s)

Production Budget

Studio

Kino Lorber

Official Site

Cast and Crew

Director

Stephane Brize

Producer

Milena Poylo, Gilles Sacuto

Screenwriter

Stephane Brize, Florence Vignon

Starring

Judith Chemla
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Finnegan Oldfield
Yolande Moreau
Swann Arlaud
Nina Meurisse

Synopsis

Adapted from the novel Une vie by Guy de Maupassant, "A Woman's Life" is a tale of tormented love embedded in the restrictive social and moral codes of marriage and family in 19th century Normandy.

Upon finishing her schooling in a convent, young aristocrat Jeanne (Judith Chemla) marries local Viscount Julien de Lamare (Swann Arlaud), who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful husband.

As she navigates his chronic infidelity, pressure from her family and community, and the alternating joys and burdens of motherhood, Jeanne's rosy illusions about her privileged world are slowly stripped away.