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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
Marie-José Nat | Claude Gensac | Jean Valmont | Paloma Matta | Jean-Pierre Dorat | Ellen Bernsen | Robert Benoît | Martine de Breteuil | Daniel Ceccaldi | Germaine Delbat | Cécile Vassort