A Woman's Life (2016)
- Original title
- Une vie
- Directed by
- Stéphane Brizé
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Italy, Belgium
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 68 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A sensitive woman endures a series of harsh disappointments in a 19th century world that limits her choices. The film shows her life alternating between hopeful memories and painful present moments.
melancholicdelicatevisually confinedsomberreflectivequietly devastatingslow-burnintimate
What happens
A Woman's Life (French: Une vie) is a 2016 French-Belgian drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé. It is based on the Guy de Maupassant's novel Une vie about a sensitive woman forced to face the harshness of the world. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film in competition. It was awarded the Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film in 2016. The film is described as "the delicate story of a life of candid emotions and searing disappointments", which presents the novel "in a series of bright flashbacks and gloomy flashforwards". Using a hand-held camera, Brizé frames "the heroine, played by a magnificent Judith Chemla... in 4:3 format (also known as 1.33:1), imprisoning her in a tormented existence". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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