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A Woman's Life

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Gabrielle, 55, gives herself to her work, body and soul. As a surgeon and head of the hospital department, she is constantly on the move, stretched thin by the weight of responsibility. There is little time left for her private life: a loving husband and a mother who depends on her care. Yet this is the life she wanted, the life she chose. When a novelist comes to observe her at work for a book, her balance begins to shift. How far is she willing to go to shake what she has built?

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Sophie Monks Kaufman Little White Lies 16h
As in her charming first feature Anaïs in Love, Bourgeois-Tacquet avoids moralising on monogamy to offer an open-hearted depiction of a woman freestyling her way through tangled love lines. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 17h
3/5
There is something a little feeble about the final fade-out to all this, but Drucker keeps it ticking over. Go to Full Review Steve Pond TheWrap 1d
There’s much to admire in its embrace of a thorny character, its judicious use of music and its control of pace and mood, but it rarely prompts the passion on display in its opening image. Go to Full Review Carlos F. Heredero Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 17h
Narrowly focused on local themes, the film gradually loses its way, frame by frame, following every conventional path it encounters. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Àngel Quintana Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 17h
More than narrating a conventional love story, A Woman's Life ultimately constructs a melancholic portrait of a woman who discovers that rebuilding herself can be far more difficult than reconstructing the faces of others. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com 17h
3/5
In the brushstrokes of Bourgeois-Tacquet's feminine (and feminist) portrait, there is considerable empathy and a perspective that will likely resonate with many mature female viewers. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

Director

Léa Drucker

Actor

Mélanie Thierry

Actor

Charles Berling

Actor

Laurent Capelluto

Actor

Marie-Christine Barrault

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Synopsis Gabrielle, 55, gives herself to her work, body and soul. As a surgeon and head of the hospital department, she is constantly on the move, stretched thin by the weight of responsibility. There is little time left for her private life: a loving husband and a mother who depends on her care. Yet this is the life she wanted, the life she chose. When a novelist comes to observe her at work for a book, her balance begins to shift. How far is she willing to go to shake what she has built?
Director
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Producer
David Thion
Screenwriter
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Production Co
Les Films Pelléas
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 38m