Une Femme Douce

From the balcony of her Parisian apartment, a young woman (Dominique Sanda, The Conformist) jumps to her death. Her body is moved to the bed that she shared with her husband Luc (Guy Frangin), a pawnbroker she met at a time of need. Through a series of flashbacks, Luc reflects on their marriage and the events that may have led to her suicide. With his first colour film, director Robert Bresson (Pickpocket) continues his career-long fascination with the work of Fyodor Dostoyevsky in this striking chamber drama about a crumbling marriage. Anchored by a starmaking turn from the then-unknown Dominique Sanda, Une femme douce is a masterful and timeless meditation on male-female relationships.

Special Features

Commentary: Audio commentary by Michael Brooke (2025), Image Gallery, Interviews: Archival interview with Robert Bresson (1969); Archival interview with Dominique Sanda (1987), 'Over Her Dead Body' visueal essay by Cristina Alvarez Lopez and Adrian Martin (2025); Sleeve featuring design based on original poster by Olga Polácková-Vyletalová

Actors: Dorothée Blank, Guy Frangin, Jeanne Lobre, Dominique Sanda, Gilles Sandier, Claude Ollier, Jacques Kébadian

Audio Languages: French

Duration: 89 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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