For a Woman

Pour une Femme
Diane Kurys

U.S. Premiere!

Inspired by her own family history, Diane Kurys’s handsome drama moves between post-WWII France and the 1980s, where a novelist explores the past through recently-discovered letters and photos.

DIRECTOR
Diane Kurys
YEAR
2013
COUNTRY
France
RUNTIME
110 minutes
LANGUAGE
French with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
Pour une Femme
START DATE
January 15, 2014

U.S. Premiere!

Inspired by her own family history, filmmaker Diane Kurys (Sagan, Peppermint Soda) directs this handsome drama that moves between post-World War II France and the 1980s, where novelist Anne (Sylvie Testud) goes on a quest to understand the past. Equipped with recently discovered letters and photos, she begins to shed light on the tangled relationship between her parents and a mysterious uncle, thought dead, who appeared on their doorstep in 1947 Lyon. With outstanding performances by Testud, Clement Sibony, and Benoit Magimel. A Film Movement release.

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