Gervaise
1956 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 1,721 VOTES · DIR. René Clément
Overview
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,378 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 THE FILM YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE WON TWO AWARDS
00:06:25 Buy bread and some chops.
00:10:25 - Why'd you bring me the key? - Daddy left.
00:16:18 And you have two children?
00:20:41 Etienne, Claude!
00:27:29 Why not?
00:31:35 Why not?
00:35:32 He likes it. He enjoys popping the bladder with this foot!
00:39:05 It looks good.
00:42:35 Let him, he's allowed!
00:47:06 You don't care?
00:51:00 Bravo!
00:54:47 - Then I'll go. - You're staying.
00:59:56 Change what?
01:04:15 Days and nights fill me with dread
01:09:24 He's happy, then.
01:14:50 It'd be no fun for you.
01:20:20 She 's behind everything that happened.
01:26:30 No, I'm staying here.
01:33:00 That's true. You're right. Sorry.
01:40:11 One last thing, the owner comes tomorrow.
01:44:03 You won't see me around there much longer!
01:47:25 Of course not.
01:56:42 Look at Nana!
Cast & Characters
Maria Schell
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
François Périer
Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
Jany Holt
Mme Lorilleux - la soeur revêche de Coupeau
Mathilde Casadesus
Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse
Florelle
Maman Coupeau - la vieille mère de Coupeau
Micheline Luccioni
Clémence - une blanchisseuse, ouvrière chez Gervaise
Lucien Hubert
M. Poisson - un gendarme le mari de Virginie
Jacques Harden
Goujet - un forgeron, ami de Gervaise et de Coupeau
Jacques Hilling
M. Boche - le mari de la concierge
Amédée
Mes Bottes - un camarade de Coupeau
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,378
Dialogue density12.3 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:56:42
Production Record
DirectorRené Clément
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,721