Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes)

During World War II, in occupied France, a woman of limited schooling raises two children in a ratty flat. She is Marie Latour. In 1941, her husband Paul returns from the front, too weak to hold a job. Marie discovers she can make money performing abortions, using a soapy water douche. Many of her clients are knocked up by occupying Germans. She buys better food and clothes, looks for a new flat, and, through an acquaintance who is a prostitute, rents out her bedrooms to hookers during the day. She's indifferent to Paul; his humiliations grow as does her income. She hopes to be a singer. Male Vichy umbrage and moral hypocrisy may upend her. What is she thinking?

Cast:
Isabelle Huppert (Marie)
François Cluzet (Paul)
Dominique Blanc (Jasmine)
Marie Trintignant (Lulu / Lucie)

Director: Claude Chabrol
Writer: Colo Tavernier, Claude Chabrol
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Drama
Language: French
Subtitles: English
Production Year: 1988

The screening is part of the the film festival in memory of Claude Chabrol organized by ETHAL and Alliance Francaise de Limassol