The Love of a Woman (French: L'amour d'une femme, Italian: L'amore di una donna) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay. It was Grémillon's final feature film as director, although he made a handful of documentaries and short films.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location on the Île d'Ouessant off Finistère.
Synopsis
A young female doctor settles in a village on an island off the coast of Brittany, where she engages in a relationship with an engineer working on a project on the island.
Main cast
Micheline Presle as Dr. Marie Prieur
Massimo Girotti as André Lorenzi
Gaby Morlay as Germaine Leblanc
Paolo Stoppa as Le curé
Marc Cassot as Marcel
Marius David as Lulu, l'adjoint d'André
Yvette Etiévant as Fernande de Malgorny
Roland Lesaffre as Yves
Robert Naly as Dr. Morel
Madeleine Geoffroy as Isabelle Morel
References
Bibliography
Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.