The Story of Women
1988 · Movie · 110 min. · France
During World War II, in occupied France, a woman of limited schooling raises two children in a ratty flat. She is Marie Latour. In 1941, her husband Paul returns from the front, too weak to hold a job. Marie discovers she can make money performing abortions, using a soapy water douche. Many of her clients are knocked up by occupying Germans. She buys better food and clothes, looks for a new flat, and, through an acquaintance who is a prostitute, rents out her bedrooms to hookers during the day. She's indifferent to Paul; his humiliations grow as does her income. She hopes to be a singer. Male Vichy umbrage and moral hypocrisy may upend her. What is she thinking?
Direction Claude Chabrol
Cast Isabelle Huppert · François Cluzet · Marie Trintignant · Nils Tavernier · Dominique Blanc
Soundtrack Matthieu Chabrol
Screenplay Claude Chabrol · Colo Tavernier O'Hagan · Francis Szpiner
Cinematography Jean Rabier
Original title Une affaire de femmes
Also known as Story of Women
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