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Title:
Gervaise
Summary:
A story of mid-19th-century Parisian slums in which a young girl's dreams of a happy home and a successful laundry are cruelly destroyed by a drunken husband.
General Note:
Based on Emile Zola's L'Assommoir.

Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1956.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Geographic Term:
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Publication Date:
2009
ISBN:
9781604652079
Publication Information:
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2009]

© 2009
Award Note:
Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film; FIPRESCI Prize and Best Actress Volpi Cup (Schell), Venice Film Festival; BAFTA Film Awards for Best Film and Best Foreign Actor (Périer); Blue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Language Film; Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Call Number:
DVD GERVAIS
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