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Isabelle Huppert,
Isabelle Huppert,
François Cluzet,
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Claude Chabrol,
Claude Chabrol
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: Homevision
: Drama, Foreign, Politics and Social Issues, France, Crime
: 108 min.
: English, French
: English
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The women in this story are the customers of amateur abortionist Isabelle Huppert. The time is 1941, and the place is a Nazi-occupied French town. Struggling to survive, Huppert turns to illegally terminating unwanted pregnancies for a hefty fee. As her income increases, Huppert moves her family from their grimy surroundings to a posh apartment, sharing her digs with her new friend, prostitute Marie Trintignant. Completely seduced by her affluent lifestyle, Huppert ignores her shell-shocked husband Francois Cluzet, preferring to dally with Nazi collaborator Nils Tavernier. Things take a disastrous turn after one of Huppert's "customers" dies and her disgruntled husband turns her over to the authorities. Story of Women was inspired by the real-life tale of Marie-Louise Girard, who in 1943 was executed by the Vichy Government, who'd declared abortion as a Crime Against the State because it diminished the number of potential soldiers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Special Features:
- Scene comments by Claude Chabrol
- Presentation by critic Joel Magny
- Interviews with producer Marin Karmitz and writer Francis Szpiner
- Director filmography
- Original French theatrical trailer
- Essay by film critic and author Wheeler Winston Dixon
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