Maria Schell
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.
Production:
Cino del Duca, Agnès Delahaie Productions, Silver Films
