The Love of a Woman
- René Wheeler
- René Fallet
- Jean Grémillon
- Mario Gabrielli
- Pierre Gérin
- Micheline Presle
- Massimo Girotti
- Gaby Morlay
- Louisette Hautecoeur
- Marguerite Renoir
- Elsa Barraine
- Henri Dutilleux
companies
- Les Productions Cinématographiques
- Film Costellazione Produzione
- 13 December 1953 (1953-12-13)
- France
- Italy
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
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
- Micheline Presle as Dr. Marie Prieur
- Massimo Girotti as André Lorenzi
- Gaby Morlay as Germaine Leblanc
- Paolo Stoppa as Le curé
- Marc Cassot as Marcel
- Marius David as Lulu, l'adjoint d'André
- Yvette Etiévant as Fernande de Malgorny
- Roland Lesaffre as Yves
- Robert Naly as Dr. Morel
- Madeleine Geoffroy as Isabelle Morel
References
- ^ The A to Z of French Cinema p.194
Bibliography
- Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- The Love of a Woman at IMDb
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