A Woman's Life

A Woman's Life (2016)

Une vie

Normandy, 1819. Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent. She marries a local Viscount, Julien de Lamare, who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful man. Little by little Jeanne’s illusions are stripped away.

Date of release
2016-11-23
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (69)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama
Director
Stéphane Brizé

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Une Vie
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Louis Delluc Prize

A Woman's Life is a 2016 drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé, co-written with Florence Vignon and based on the Guy de Maupassant's novel Une vie. It follows Jeanne a sensitive noblewoman forced to face the harshness of the world.

Production

sing a hand-held camera, Brizé framed the production in 4:3 format (also known as 1.33:1), creating a sense of imprisonment for the lead character. French cinematographer Antoine Héberlé was the director of photography.

Principal photography took place on location in Normandy, beginning in 24 August 2015.

In his first film work, the harpsichordist Olivier Baumont provides the soundtrack, playing his own score on the pianoforte, while also including themes from works by Jacques Duphly.

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