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

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)

Trailer

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