MOVIE

Gervaise

Name: Gervaise
Director: René Clément
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1956-09-05
Cast: Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus, Suzy Delair

An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.

An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an a… + more