- Romance, Drama
- 112 min
Rotten Tomatoes80%IMDb7.4
Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves is sent to prison.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Maria SchellGervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
- François PérierHenri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
- Jany HoltMme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
- Mathilde CasadesusMme Boche - la concierge curieuse
- Suzy DelairVirginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise
- Armand MestralLantier, l'amant de Gervaise
- FlorelleMaman Coupeau
- Micheline LuccioniClémence
- Lucien HubertMr Poisson
- Jacques HardenGoujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise
Crew
- René ClémentDirector
- Jean AurencheWriter
- Pierre BostWriter
- Émile ZolaNovel
- Robert JuillardDirector of Photography
- Georges AuricOriginal Music Composer
- Henri RustEditor
- Agnès DelahaieProducer
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