The Love of a Woman

The Love of a Woman
Directed by	Jean Grémillon
Written by	René Wheeler René Fallet Jean Grémillon
Produced by	Mario Gabrielli Pierre Gérin
Starring	Micheline Presle Massimo Girotti Gaby Morlay
Cinematography	Louis Page
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur Marguerite Renoir
Music by	Elsa Barraine Henri Dutilleux
Production companies	Les Productions Cinématographiques Film Costellazione Produzione
Distributed by	Ciné Sélection
Release date	13 December 1953 (1953-12-13)
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

The Love of a Woman (French: L'amour d'une femme, Italian: L'amore di una donna) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay.^[1] It was Grémillon's final feature film as director, although he made a handful of documentaries and short films.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location on the Île d'Ouessant off Finistère.

Synopsis

A young female doctor settles in a village on an island off the coast of Brittany, where she engages in a relationship with an engineer working on a project on the island.

Main cast

• Micheline Presle as Dr. Marie Prieur
• Massimo Girotti as André Lorenzi
• Gaby Morlay as Germaine Leblanc
• Paolo Stoppa as Le curé
• Marc Cassot as Marcel
• Marius David as Lulu, l'adjoint d'André
• Yvette Etiévant as Fernande de Malgorny
• Roland Lesaffre as Yves
• Robert Naly as Dr. Morel
• Madeleine Geoffroy as Isabelle Morel

References

1. The A to Z of French Cinema p.194

Bibliography

• Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• The Love of a Woman at IMDb