Story of women = Une affaire de femmes
by
 
Karmitz, Marin, producer.

Title
Story of women = Une affaire de femmes

Alternate title
Une affaire de femmes

Author
Karmitz, Marin, producer.
 
Tavernier, Colo, screenwriter.
 
Chabrol, Claude, 1930-2010, director, screenwriter.
 
Huppert, Isabelle, actor.
 
Cluzet, François, actor.
 
Trintignant, Marie, 1962- actor.
 
Tavernier, Nils, actor.
 
Rabier, Jean, 1927-2016, cinematographer.
 
Fardoulis, Monique, editor.
 
Chabrol, Matthieu, composer.
 
Jorry, Corinne, costume designer.
 
Benoît-Fresco, Françoise, production designer.
 
Szpiner, Francis, screenwriter.
 
MK2 Productions.
 
Films A2 (Firm)
 
Films du Camelia (Firm)
 
La Sept (Firm)
 
Sofica Sofinergie (Firm)
 
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)

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.

Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
 
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.

Physical Description
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre
Foreign films.
 
Films in French.

Subject Term
Women -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
 
Abortion -- France -- Drama.
 
Abortion -- Government policy -- France -- Drama.

Geographic Term
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.

Author(s)
Karmitz, Marin,
 
Tavernier, Colo,
 
Chabrol, Claude, 1930-2010,
 
Huppert, Isabelle,
 
Cluzet, François,
 
Trintignant, Marie, 1962-
 
Tavernier, Nils,
 
Rabier, Jean, 1927-2016,
 
Fardoulis, Monique,
 
Chabrol, Matthieu,
 
Jorry, Corinne,
 
Benoît-Fresco, Françoise,
 
Szpiner, Francis,

Added Corporate Author
MK2 Productions.
 
Films A2 (Firm)
 
Films du Camelia (Firm)
 
La Sept (Firm)
 
Sofica Sofinergie (Firm)
 
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)

Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment,

Publication Date
2004

ISBN
9780780028975

Publication Information
[United States] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2004].

Call Number
DVD STORYOF


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