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Une affaire de femmes / MK2 Productions, Films A2, Films du Camelia, La Sept en association avec la Sofica Sofinergia présentent ; un film de Claude Chabrol ; produit par Marin Karmitz ; scénario, adaptation, Colo Tavernier O'Hagan et Claude Chabrol ; dialogue, Colo Tavernier O'Hagan ; un film de Claude Chabrol.
LIBRA DVD 017 250
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Szpiner, Francis. Affaire de femmes, author.
- Series:
- Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
- Classic collection
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Szpiner, Francis--Film adaptations.
- Szpiner, Francis.
- Giraud, Marie-Louise, 1903-1943--Drama.
- Giraud, Marie-Louise.
- Giraud, Marie-Louise, 1903-1943.
- Abortion--Government policy--France--History--20th century--Drama.
- Abortion.
- Women--Sexual behavior--Drama.
- Women.
- Abortion--France--Drama.
- History.
- Women--Sexual behavior.
- Abortion--Government policy.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Drama.
- France.
- Genre:
- Historical films.
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Story of women
- Place of Publication:
- [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2004]
- Language Note:
- French dialogue (mono) with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- To survive Nazi-occupied 1940's France, Marie turns to illegally aborting pregnancies for a hefty fee. As her income increases, Marie moves her family to a posh apartment. Completely seduced by her lifestyle, Marie ignores her shell-shocked husband Paul. Things take a disastrous turn after one of Marie's "customers" dies and her husband turns her over to the authorities. Inspired by the real-life of Marie-Louise Girard, who was executed in 1943 by the Vichy Government, who'd declared abortion as a Crime Against the State because it diminished the number of potential soldiers.
- Participant:
- Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant, Nils Tavernier.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Jean Rabier ; editor, Monique Fardoulis ; music, Matthieu Chabrol ; costume designer, Corinne Jorry ; production designer, Françoise Benoît-Fresco.
- Notes:
- 1.66:1 aspect ratio.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
- Adapted from Une affaire de femmes / de Francis Szpiner.
- Special features: New, enhanced digital transfer; scene comments by Claude Chabrol; presentation by critic Joël Magny; interviews with producer Martin Karmitz and writer Francis Szpiner; director filmography; original French theatrical trailer; essay by film critic and author Wheeler Winston Dixon.
- ISBN:
- 078002897X
- 9780780028975
- OCLC:
- 55944771
- Publisher Number:
- 037429196625
- STO180 Home Vision Entertainment
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