Gervaise
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Gervaise Macquart, a young lame laundress, is left by her lover Auguste Lantier with two boys... She manages to make it, and a few years later she marries Coupeau, a roofer. After working very hard a few more years, she succeeds in buying her own laundry (her dream)... But Coupeau starts to drink after having fallen from a roof, and Lantier shows up... A faithful adaptation of Emile Zola's novel "L'Assomoir", depicting the fatal degeneration of a family of workers, mainly bec... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Gervaise:

Maria Schell
François Périer
Jany Holt
Mathilde Casadesus
Suzy Delair
Armand Mestral

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Gervaise Macquart, a young lame laundress, is left by her lover Auguste Lantier with two boys... She manages to make it, and a few years later she marries Coupeau, a roofer. After working very hard a few more years, she succeeds in buying her own laundry (her dream)... But Coupeau starts to drink after having fallen from a roof, and Lantier shows up... A faithful adaptation of Emile Zola's novel "L'Assomoir", depicting the fatal degeneration of a family of workers, mainly because of alcohol.

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Monthly Film Bulletin - 9/10 by David RobinsonRené Clément has achieved a tremendous tour-de-force of literal realism.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 8/10 by Dennis SchwartzGrim period film of 19th century Paris that encompasses the human condition.
Sight and Sound - 8/10 by Mark Le FanuWithout ever making a big deal of it, Clément's film has a physical sparkle and a pervasive sensual undercurrent.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 6/10 by Emanuel LevyMaria Schell (sister of Maximillian) givs a touching performance in Rene Clement's screen version of Emile Zola's grim social-realist novel, which was nominated for an Oscar in 1956.
User Review - 10/10 by Ben BThis film is filled with so much loathing and anger that when something even halfway decent happens you can't believe it, like Gervaise, and then before you know it, real shit goes down and your treading in bitches. Reject what makes you happy, drown in your weaknesses, and drink some booze. Now, it's not entirely bleak, hope springs from time to time, but hope is more of a sinister alien than anything else. Until the finale, where our dreams come true, and THE moment captures a million words.
User Review - 10/10 by Brittany RA perfect ending to a pretty perfect movie.
User Review - 8/10 by Mary Jane CAn extremely downbeat story, with one miserable episode after another, but always with a glimmer of hope for Gervaise. She's a Cabiria-like character, independent yet achingly vulnerable, and played expertly by Maria Schell (the rest of the cast is quite fine as well). It's also the best-looking Clement film I've seen yet, with the dingy Paris streets coming to life with naturalistic lighting and a roving camera. A powerful and engaging film.
User Review - 8/10 by Philippe DAdaptation, sans doute un peu tronquée, de "L'Assomoir" de Zola Film très moderne, car dénué d'effets de styles et de moralité typiques de son époque. Il préfère s'attacher à la réalité des personnages, reconstitue avec véracité le Paris des faubourgs de 1850, et privilégie les scènes naturalistes, ce qui en fait une vision sans doute très réaliste de la vie de nos ancêtres parisiens du XIXe siècle.
User Review - 8/10 by Anne FÉmile Zola's story l'Assommoir makes a bleak film - I watched it without subtitles and my French isn't good enough to have understood everything that was said, but still found it a powerful story.
User Review - 8/10 by Edward KFrom Emile Zola's novel "L'Assommoir" which essentially means to be hammered (drunk). Rene Clement directs the realistic but tragic debasement of a working class woman at the hands of two men and the rejection by a third. The story clearly a show of how slender is the thread holding us back from catastrophe. Excellent B&W cinematography.

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