Femme Douce, Une
- Alternative title
- Gentle Creature
- Synopsis
- Feature film. A man stands by the body of his wife, who has commited suicide by jumping from the balcony of their apartment. He recalls their life to Anna, their maid. Includes a scene at a stage performance of Hamlet in which the wife is deeply moved by Hamlet’s death scene and later recalls a passage omitted from the production; her reaction to the play is contrasted with that of her husband.
- Language
- French (Standard)
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1969
- Duration
- 88 mins
Credits
- Director
- Robert Bresson
- Producer
- Mag Bodard
- Cinematographer
- Ghislain Cloquet
- Screenplay
- Robert Bresson
- Music
- Jean Wiener
- Art Direction
- Pierre Charbonnier
- Cast
Dominique Sanda the wife Guy Frangin the husband Jane Lobre Anna
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Adapted from Fydor Dostoevsky’s novella The Gentle Creature.
- Reviews
- Bresson’s comments on the Hamlet sequence, in an interview with Charles Thomas Samuels, can be found at http://www.mastersofcinema.org/bresson/Words/CTSamuels.html
Production Company
- Name
Parc Film
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Femme Douce, Une". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67787 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)