Gervaise (1956)
Romance
Drama
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.
Cast
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
Virginie Poisson, une rivale de Gervaise
Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise
Maman Coupeau
Clémence
Mr Poisson
Goujet, le forgeron amoureux de Gervaise
Crew
Director
Novel
Writer
Producer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Production Design
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Writer
