Story of Women
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| Directed by | Claude Chabrol |
| Written by | Colo Tavernier Claude Chabrol Francis Szpiner (book) |
| Produced by | Marin Karmitz |
| Starring | Isabelle Huppert François Cluzet Nils Tavernier |
| Cinematography | Jean Rabier |
| Edited by | Monique Fardoulis |
| Music by | Matthieu Chabrol |
| Distributed by | MK2 Diffusion (France) New Yorker Films (USA) |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film France |
| Language | French |
Story of Women (French: Une affaire de femmes) is a 1988 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, guillotined on July 30, 1943, for having performed 27 abortions in the Cherbourg area, and the book by Francis Szpiner. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
Plot
Isabelle Huppert plays a housewife turned abortionist in 1940s Nazi occupied France. She becomes one of the last women to be guillotined in France.
Selected cast
- Isabelle Huppert as Marie
- François Cluzet as Paul
- Nils Tavernier as Lucien
- Marie Trintignant as Lulu/Lucie
- Lolita Chammah as Mouche #2
- Aurore Gauvin as Mouche #1
Awards
In 1988, Isabelle Huppert won the Best Actress award at the Valladolid International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival. In 1989, the film won the Golden Precolumbian Circle at the Bogota Film Festival, the LAFCA Award at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the NBR Award at the National Board of Review, USA and the NYFCC Award at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. In 1990 it won the Sant Jordi Award, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Film and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
