La Souriante Madame Beudet (1923)
- Directed by
- Germaine Dulac
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 42 min
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 94 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 woman is stuck in a cold and unhappy marriage with a boring and dismissive husband. The film follows her quiet inner life and her desperate daydreams of escape.
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What happens
La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet) is a short French impressionist silent film made in 1923, directed by pioneering avant-garde cinema director Germaine Dulac. It stars Germaine Dermoz as Madame Beudet and Alexandre Arquillière as Monsieur Beudet. It is considered by many to be one of the first truly "feminist" films. It tells the story of an intelligent woman trapped in a loveless marriage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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