Gervaise (1956) — drama, romance film. Directed by René Clément. Starring Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus. This page maps 4 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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The story traces a working woman's attempt to build security while abandonment, injury, alcoholism, illness, and social hardship destroy her family's stability.
Drama, Romance · 6.7/10 · 112 min · 1956
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.
