FR-G003-1956

Gervaise

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"In this heartbreaking tale based on Emile Zola`s ""L`Assommoir,"" a young mother struggles to raise her children amidst the squalor of a Parisian slum. Hopeful despite two failed marriages, the wide-eyed Gervaise dares to experience love one last time with a kind and worthy blacksmith. Alternately fierce and tender, Rene Clement`s definitive adaptation portrays the harshness of 19th-century working-class life as well as its pockets of joy." Director: Rene Clement. Actors: "Maria Schell, Francois Perier, Suzy Delair, Jacques Harden" . Black&White. Subtitled.