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The Ape Woman (Italian: La donna scimmia, French: Le Mari de la femme à barbe) is a 1964 Italian-French satirical drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. [5] The film was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana, a 19th-century woman who was exploited as a freak show attraction.
The German version (Königin einer Nacht) was an operetta, the Italian version (La donna di una notte) was a comedy, while the French version (La Femme d'une nuit) was a dramatic film. This made the process of script preparation particularly difficult. [3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Boris Bilinsky and Pierre Schild. [2]
Parillaud was born in Paris. While in school, she studied ballet but began her film career at 16 in Michel Lang's L'hôtel de la plage (1978). She starred in Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita (1990). [2] [3] After La Femme Nikita, Parillaud left France to star in three films abroad: Map of the Human Heart, Innocent Blood, and Frankie Starlight.
Andrea Richler (Paule Baillargeon) is a well-known director who returns to her home town of Montreal to film a high-budget musical drama. At her hotel, she has a brief but unsettling encounter with a suicidal elderly woman named Estelle (Louise Marleau). This is briefly forgotten until later when she meets the old lady again and with mounting ...
A Respectable Woman (French: Une femme respectable) is a 2023 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Bernard Émond. [1]Adapted in part from Luigi Pirandello's short story "Such Is Life (Pena di vivere cosi)" and set in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in the 1930s, the film stars Hélène Florent as Rose Lemay, a woman who reluctantly agrees to take back her ex-husband Paul-Émile (Martin ...
The Unfaithful Wife (French: La Femme infidèle) is a 1969 French–Italian crime drama film written and directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Stéphane Audran and Michel Bouquet. [1] The story follows a businessman who discovers his wife has been unfaithful.
Impasse de la vignette or Un été après l'autre is a 1990 French-Belgian-Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Anne-Marie Etienne and starring Annie Cordy.
The Woman of My Life (French: La Femme de ma vie) is a French film by Régis Wargnier released in 1986. Plot. Simon is a famous violinist who became a drunkard. His ...