The Love of a Woman

{{Short description|1953 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Love of a Woman

| image = The Love of a Woman.jpg

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| director = Jean Grémillon

| producer = {{ubl|Mario Gabrielli|Pierre Gérin}}

| writer = {{ubl|René Wheeler |René Fallet |Jean Grémillon}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Micheline Presle|Massimo Girotti|Gaby Morlay}}

| music = {{ubl|Elsa Barraine|Henri Dutilleux}}

| cinematography = Louis Page

| editing = {{ubl|Louisette Hautecoeur|Marguerite Renoir}}

| studio = {{ubl|Les Productions Cinématographiques|Film Costellazione Produzione}}

| distributor = Ciné Sélection

| released = {{Film date|1953|12|13|df=yes}}

| runtime = 104 minutes

| country = {{ubl|France|Italy}}

| language = French

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The Love of a Woman (French: L'amour d'une femme, Italian: L'amore di una donna) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay.The A to Z of French Cinema p.194 It was Grémillon's final feature film as director, although he made a handful of documentaries and short films.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location on the Île d'Ouessant off Finistère.

Synopsis

A young female doctor settles in a village on an island off the coast of Brittany, where she engages in a relationship with an engineer working on a project on the island.

Main cast

References

Bibliography

  • Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.