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.
Director: René Clément
Writer: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost
Producer: Agnès Delahaie
Director of Photography: Robert Juillard
Gervaise (1956) - Trailer with French subtitles