LOVE OF A WOMAN

The final feature of the great French filmmaker Jean Grémillon, concluding a string of classics that included such greats as REMORQUES, LUMIERE D’ETE and PATTES BLANCHES. Starring Micheline Presle, whose impressive career encompassed French, Italian and Hollywood cinema -- and Massimo Girotti, best-known for his performance in Luchino Visconti’s OSSESSIONE.

Marie, a young doctor, arrives on the island of Ushant to replace its retiring physician. She experiences prejudice from the mostly male population, but also love in the form of engineer André.