Stéphane Brizé’s “A Woman’s Life” awarded with the FIPRESCI prize at the Venice International Film Festival (in English)

“A Woman’s Life” was in competition at the Venice International Film Festival and won the international federation of film critics’ award. This is the second time that mk2 operates the international sales for a Stéphane Brizé’s movie, after “The Measure of a Man” in 2015. Distributed in France by Diaphana, the film will be released on November 23rd, 2016.

SYNOPSIS
Normandy, 1819.
Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent. She marries a local Viscount, Julien de Lamare, who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful man.
Little by little Jeanne’s illusions are stripped away.

CASTING
Judith Chemla, Swann Arlaud, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau