One review on 27 Feb 2023

France 1988

Running time: 108 mins

The Story of Women

Une affaire de femmes

Director : Claude Chabrol 

Setting: Occupied France 1943
Original language: French
Summary: Marie with 2 kids and war vet husband unable to work stumbles upon providing abortions to women as a way to increase income. It clearly wont end well. Based on a true story


Cast:

  • Isabelle Huppert  Marie
  • Marie Trintignant  Lulu (Marie's friend)
  • François Cluzet  Paul (Marie's husband)


Aspect Ratio: 1.66 widescreen

Colour: Colour

Sound: Mono

Camera: 35mm


Film Category

First Seen: Mon 27th Feb 2023
Catalogued: 28th Feb 2023

Synopsis

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Reviews

by rogerco on Mon 27th Feb 2023 Streamed proj @ home (Subtitled)

Gross Moral Turpitude

Summary

A likeable hateable lead character

Full review

Not a great film but strangely uncomfortable as it raises questions both about the morality of what Marie is doing (probably acceptable in the circumstances) and her personal profiting from her actions (less acceptable) and her behaviour as a result towards both her husband and her children (unacceptable) and then the morality of the French state imposing moral standards and judicial murder.

Based on a true story, she really did loose her head in the end.