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A Gentle Woman
Cert. tbc
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Une femme douce
88 mins
in French with EN subs
FRA | 1969 | dir. Robert Bresson, with Dominique Sanda, Guy Fragin, Jeanne Lobre | New 2K Digital restoration | Re-Release
Adapted from Dostoyevsky’s short story A Gentle Creature, Bresson’s first film in colour is set in Paris. When his young wife Elle (Dominique Sanda) commits suicide with no explanation, her husband Luc (Guy Frangin), an introspective pawnbroker, looks back on their life together.