{"id":1175,"date":"2018-02-06T23:06:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=1175"},"modified":"2021-03-08T19:41:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:41:42","slug":"a-woman-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/2022-winners\/awards-2\/a-woman-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A WOMAN’S LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A WOMAN’S LIFE<\/strong>\/ Une Vie<\/em><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517958250243{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]West Coast Premiere \u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

DCP \u2022 1.33 \u2022 Dolby 5.1 \u2022 Color \u2022 119 min<\/p>\n

Directed by<\/strong>: St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9
\nWritten by<\/strong>: St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9, Florence Vignon
\nBased on the book by<\/strong>: Guy de Maupassant
\nCinematography<\/strong>: Antoine H\u00e9berl\u00e9
\nFilm Editing<\/strong>: Anne Klotz
\nProduced by<\/strong>: Mil\u00e9na Poylo, Gilles Sacuto (TS Production), France 3 Cin\u00e9ma, F comme Film
\nCast<\/strong>: Judith Chemla (Jeanne), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Le Baron), Yolande Moreau (La Baronne), Swann Arlaud (Julien), Nina Meurisse (Rosalie), Clotilde Hesme (Gilberte de Fourville)
\nInternational Sales<\/strong>: MK2
\nU.S. Distributor<\/strong>: Kino Lorber<\/p>\n

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Winner of the prestigious Prix Louis-Delluc for 2016,\u00a0A Woman\u2019s Life <\/em><\/strong>brings a formalistic rigor to Guy de Maupassant\u2019s essential French novel\u00a0Une Vie<\/em>; the result is a rare costume drama that refuses to romanticize the world it depicts. Spanning the life of the aristocratic but essentially powerless Baroness Jeanne Le Perthius des Vauds, the saga begins in Normandy 1819, when Jeanne is leaving the convent where she has been raised and educated. Jeanne\u2019s sheltered and idyllic upbringing sets her up for a lifetime of bitter disappointments beginning with an arranged marriage to Julien de Lamare. Her imagined prince charming quickly turns into a philandering ne\u2019er-do-well after he gains control of Jeanne\u2019s inheritance. Tight framing, elliptical scenes, and shifting timelines lend immediacy to this moving depiction of a woman boxed in by a repressive society organized first and foremost to preserve the privilege of a few highborn men. Judith Chemla\u2019s meticulous performance as Jeanne earned a nomination for a 2017 Best Actress C\u00e9sar Award.<\/p>\n

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Those who have followed the career of writer\/director\u00a0St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9<\/strong>might be surprised by his foray into period drama. His most recent films were the somber, Bergmanesque\u00a0A Few Hours of Spring\u00a0<\/em>(COLCOA 2013) and the social realist drama\u00a0Measure of a Man<\/em>\u00a0(2015), which boasted only one professional actor – repeat collaborator Vincent Lindon. But what might be a stylistic departure still contains common Briz\u00e9 themes: the difficulties of romantic relationships and the seeming impossibility of communicating one\u2019s deepest feelings to others. For the task of adapting Guy de Maupassant\u2019s sprawling classic, Briz\u00e9 reunited with co-writer Florence Vignon. The pair previously won a C\u00e9sar Award for their adaptation of Eric Holder\u2019s novel about forbidden love, Briz\u00e9\u2019s fourth feature,\u00a0Mademoiselle Chambon<\/em>\u00a0(COLCOA 2009). Among its many accolades,\u00a0A Woman\u2019s Life<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was awarded the coveted FIPRESCI Award at the 2016 Venice Film Festival.<\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517960463005{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] A WOMAN’S LIFE\/ Une Vie [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517958250243{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]West Coast Premiere \u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2016 DCP \u2022 1.33 \u2022 Dolby 5.1 \u2022 Color \u2022 119 min Directed by: St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9 Written by: St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9, Florence Vignon Based on the book by: Guy de Maupassant Cinematography: Antoine H\u00e9berl\u00e9 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":628,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1196,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1175\/revisions\/1196"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}