A Woman's Life

Feature Film | 2015-2016 | Drama, Film based on literary source, Period | Belgium, France

Main data

Director	Stéphane Brizé
Written by	Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon, Guy de Maupassant (literary source)
Production	TS Productions, France 3 Cinéma [fr], Versus Production [be], F Comme Film [fr], CN5 Productions [fr]
Distributor	Diaphana Films [fr], MK2 [fr]

Project data

Film financing	Belgian Tax Shelter [be] Cinema and Audiovisual Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation [be] Région Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) [fr] Centre National du Cinéma et de L' Image Animée [fr] (CNC) [fr] Eurimages [eu]

Trailers/Videos

Trailer/Video on Youtube

Posters

Brief synopsis

Set in Normandy in 1819 and adapted from the classic French novel Une Vie by Guy de Maupassant, the film recounts the trials and tribulations in the life of a young woman from the day she returns home from a convent and her heart is awakened by a local Viscount.

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Judith Chemla	Jeanne [L]
Jean-Pierre Darroussin	Le Baron [L]
Yolande Moreau	La Baronne [L]
Swann Arlaud	Julien [SR]
Nina Meurisse	Rosalie [SR]
Olivier Perrier	L’abbé Picot [SR]
Clotilde Hesme	Gilberte de Fourville [SR]
Alain Beigel	Georges de Fourville [SR]
Finnegan Oldfield	Paul (20 ans) [SR]
Lucette Beudin	La servante Ludivine [SR]
Jérôme Lanne	Le médecin [SR]
Mélie Deneuve	La nourrice [SR]

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
1st AD	Émile Louis
Post production supervisor	Delphine Passant
Post production supervisor	Nicolas Sacré
Director of photography	Antoine Héberlé
Still photographer	Michaël Crotto
Casting director	Brigitte Moidon
Casting director	Coralie Amédéo
Costume designer (creator)	Madeline Fontaine
Director	Stéphane Brizé
Script supervisor	Marion Pin
Editor	Anne Klotz
Gaffer	Stéphane Assié
Key makeup artist	Garance Van Rossum
Composer	Olivier Baumont
Producer	Gilles Sacuto
Producer	Miléna Poylo
Co-producer	Jean-Louis Livi
Co-producer	Olivier Bronckart
Co-producer	Philippe Logie
Co-producer	Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Production designer	Valérie Saradjian
Location scout	Carole Reinhard
Production manager	Christophe Desenclos
Unit manager (local system)	Kim-Lien Nguyen
Screenwriter	Florence Vignon
Screenwriter	Stéphane Brizé
Literary source	Guy de Maupassant
Production sound mixer	Pascal Jasmes
Production sound mixer	Alain Sironval
Sound re-recording mixer	Emmanuel de Boissieu
Sound editor	Hervé Guyader

Production companies

Company	Comment
TS Productions
France 3 Cinéma [fr] coproduction	coproduction
Versus Production [be] coproduction	coproduction
F Comme Film [fr] coproduction	coproduction
CN5 Productions [fr] coproduction	coproduction

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Diaphana Films [fr] France (theatrical)	France (theatrical)
MK2 [fr] International Sales	International Sales

Festivals

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2016	Italy	Venice Film Festival Competition	Competition

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 23/11/2016

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