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The Love of a Woman

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The Love of a Woman
Directed byJean Grémillon
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLouis Page
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
  • Les Productions Cinématographiques
  • Film Costellazione Produzione
Distributed byCiné Sélection
Release date
  • 13 December 1953 (1953-12-13)
Running time
104 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
LanguageFrench

The Love of a Woman (French: L'amour d'une femme, Italian: L'amore di una donna) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay.[1] It was Grémillon's final feature film as director, although he made a handful of documentaries and short films.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location on the Île d'Ouessant off Finistère.

Synopsis

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A young female doctor settles in a village on an island off the coast of Brittany, where she engages in a relationship with an engineer working on a project on the island.

Main cast

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References

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  1. ^ The A to Z of French Cinema p.194

Bibliography

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  • Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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