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A Woman in White (1965)
Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Overview
Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Between her private life and medical career, she set her doubts and desires in a society where the square and the plight of women remain at that time a secondary issue. The film follows Claude and the staff through the case of some patients while the crucial debate on women’s professional ambition, contraception and abortion rights.
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Daniel Ceccaldi | Claude Gensac | Cécile Vassort | Germaine Delbat | Jean Valmont | Robert Benoît | Jean-Pierre Dorat | Marie-José Nat | Martine de Breteuil | Paloma Matta | Ellen Bernsen