After his César- and Cannes-winning drama The Measure of a Man finally landed in U.S. theaters just a few months ago, director Stéphane Brizé is back with a new feature. A Woman’s Life (translated from Une Vie) is an adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant novel which tracks the turbulent life of a woman in the 19th century. The first trailer has now arrived, which shows of the gorgeous cinematography in 1.33:1 ratio. While it’s set for a release in France this November, hopefully it gets the attention of U.S. distributors.
We said in our review, “Misery is constant and humor is fleeting in the world of A Woman’s Life (Une Vie), an emotionally overcast period drama from French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé (The Measure of a Man). Shot in square-shaped academy ratio, it recalls — in a certain aesthetic and thematic light — the Danish Dogme films of the mid ‘90s, but without the pitch-black misanthropic wit that made that collective famous. Based on Guy de Maupassant’s 1883 novel of the same name (Tolstoy apparently loved it), it follows the endlessly unfortunate life of Jeanne Le Perthuis des Vaud, heiress to the fortune of a wealthy farming family in France in the 19th Century.”
Check out the trailer below.
Set in Normandy in 1819 and adapted from the classic French novel Une Vie by Guy de Maupassant, the film recounts the trials and tribulations in the life of a young woman from the day she returns home from a convent and her heart is awakened by a local Viscount.
A Woman’s Life hits France on November 2 and the U.S. on May 5.