Gervaise
1956, Film, 116 min, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 67
Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves is sent to prison.
Directed by René Clément
Cast
- Maria Schell as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
- François Périer as Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
- Jany Holt as Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
- Mathilde Casadesus as Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
- Florelle as Maman Coupeau - la vieille mère de Coupeau
- Micheline Luccioni as Clémence - une blanchisseuse, ouvrière chez Gervaise
- Lucien Hubert as M. Poisson - un gendarme le mari de Virginie
- Jacques Harden as Goujet - un forgeron, ami de Gervaise et de Coupeau
- Jacques Hilling as M. Boche - le mari de la concierge
- Amédée as Mes Bottes - un camarade de Coupeau
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