Docteur Françoise Gailland

Docteur Françoise Gailland
Directed byJean-Louis Bertuccelli
Written byJean-Louis Bertuccelli
André G. Brunelin
Noëlle Loriot
StarringAnnie Girardot
CinematographyClaude Renoir
Music byCatherine Lara
Release date
  • 14 January 1976 (1976-01-14)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$19.8 million[1]

Docteur Françoise Gailland is a 1976 French film directed by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, and starring Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, François Périer and Isabelle Huppert.[2] It won the César Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for Best Cinematography.

Plot

Dr. Françoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time to spend with her family, which consists of her husband Gérard, her pregnant teenaged daughter Elisabeth, and her sullen son Julien. However, she does manage to find the time to spend with her lover, Daniel Letessier. While her life in such disarray, she learns that she has cancer. Françoise tries to put a brave face on it, and is determined to face the life-threatening disease with courage.

Cast

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References

  1. ^ "Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ Mark Deming (2008). "NY Times: Docteur Françoise Gailland". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2010-05-16.


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