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Womanlight

Original title: Clair de femme
  • 1979
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
874
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Womanlight (1979)
Drama

Two strangers help each other survive a night of great loss.Two strangers help each other survive a night of great loss.Two strangers help each other survive a night of great loss.

  • Director
    • Costa-Gavras
  • Writers
    • Costa-Gavras
    • Romain Gary
  • Stars
    • Yves Montand
    • Romy Schneider
    • Romolo Valli
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    874
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Costa-Gavras
    • Writers
      • Costa-Gavras
      • Romain Gary
    • Stars
      • Yves Montand
      • Romy Schneider
      • Romolo Valli
    • 5User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations

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    Romy Schneider and Yves Montand in Womanlight (1979)
    Romy Schneider and Yves Montand in Womanlight (1979)
    Romy Schneider and Yves Montand in Womanlight (1979)
    Jean Reno and Romy Schneider in Womanlight (1979)
    Jean Reno in Womanlight (1979)
    Romy Schneider, Lila Kedrova, and Yves Montand in Womanlight (1979)
    Romy Schneider, Lila Kedrova, and Yves Montand in Womanlight (1979)
    Romy Schneider and Yves Montand in Womanlight (1979)
    Roberto Benigni and Romolo Valli in Womanlight (1979)
    Roberto Benigni and Yves Montand in Womanlight (1979)
    Romolo Valli in Womanlight (1979)
    Yves Montand in Womanlight (1979)

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    Yves Montand
    Yves Montand
    • Michel Follin
    Romy Schneider
    Romy Schneider
    • Lydia Tovalski
    Romolo Valli
    Romolo Valli
    • Galba
    Lila Kedrova
    Lila Kedrova
    • Sonia Tovalski
    Heinz Bennent
    Heinz Bennent
    • Georges
    Roberto Benigni
    Roberto Benigni
    • Le barman du Clapsy's
    Dieter Schidor
    • Sven Svensson
    Catherine Allégret
    Catherine Allégret
    • La prostituée
    François Perrot
    François Perrot
    • Alain
    Daniel Mesguich
    Daniel Mesguich
    • Commissaire Curbec
    Gabriel Jabbour
    • Sacha
    Hans Verner
    Hans Verner
    • Klaus, l'ambassadeur
    Jean-Claude Bouillaud
    • Le pilote de ligne
    Eliane Borras
    Gabriel Dussurget
    • Le directeur des théâtres lyriques
    Isabelle Bucaille
    Jean-François Gobbi
    • Le beau-frère
    Béatrice Costantini
    • Director
      • Costa-Gavras
    • Writers
      • Costa-Gavras
      • Romain Gary
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    User reviews5

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    9/10
    Crushing nostalgia from people trying to keep afloat
    These people are drowning in their own distress and try to hold on to something; there are many scenes in which you see the external world still rotating, and they try to keep swimming by pretending. The absurdity is the striking part, as if there were two communications going on. Excellent dialogs "Irreverence is one way to keep misfortune away". Good acting, Montand/Schneider are credible, Valli grandiose.

    Great moment of cinema: the dancing monkey and pink dogs are my favourites, and one good scene to remind give stimulus to get out and have a great breath of fresh air.

    As soon as one realizes that Romain Gary wrote the original book (Frank did only the adapted scenario) , it all pieces together. Gary was Russian/Latvian migrant, and transcribes here the crushing nostalgia typical of the Slaves who have lost their country and feel eternal sorrow for this loss; they however keep going, because this is what life is about; most of the times pretending things are OK but choosing a few occasions to show up their deep feelings.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 29, 1979 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Die Liebe einer Frau
    • Filming locations
      • Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France
    • Production companies
      • Les Films Corona
      • Société des Films Gibe
      • Parva Cinematografica
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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