Gervaise
(1956)
★ 6.7 IMDb · 59 votes
Year: 1956
Runtime: 112 мин
Country: France
Director: René Clément
Cast: Maria Schell, François Périer, Жани Холт, Mathilde Casadesus, Suzy Delair, Armand Mestral, Florelle, Micheline Luccioni, Lucien Hubert, Jacques Harden
Plot
Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves is sent to prison.