A Gentle Woman - Une femme douce - (Robert Bresson, 1969)

A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. We learn in flashback about how they met, married, and how she failed to adapt her lifestyle to his. Disgusted with his attempts to dominate her, she considered murdering him, but found herself unable to do it.

Dominique Sanda's debut. It was shortly after the release of this movie that she went from being Dominique Varaigne to Dominique Sanda. In a 1987 interview with a French publication, she explained, "Only a few things can give you as much pleasure as choosing your own name."

Director

Robert Bresson

Writers

Fyodor Dostoevsky (short story), adapted by Robert Bresson

Stars

Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Jeanne Lobre

Subtitled in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/10870259518118