A Woman's Life

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Archive - Festival 42

Léa Drucker Seals Her Status as One of France’s Best Actresses in This Perceptive Portrait of a Surgeon at a Crossroads

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  • Archive - Festival 42
  • Director: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
  • France, Belgium 2026
  • 98 minutes
  • French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Gabrielle, 55, gives herself to her work, body and soul. As a surgeon and head of the hospital department, she is constantly on the move, stretched thin by the weight of responsibility. There is little time left for her private life: a loving husband and a mother who depends on her care. Yet this is the life she wanted, the life she chose. When a novelist comes to observe her at work for a book, her balance begins to shift. How far is she willing to go to shake what she has built?

"Rising director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet creates a delicate and masterfully crafted film portrait of everyday life, carried by Léa Drucker at the height of her craft” – Cineuropa.

Filmography: Anaïs in Love (2021).


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  • Director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
  • Production David Thion
  • Script Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Fanny Burdino
  • Cinematography Noe Bach
  • Editing Clement Pinteaux
  • Festivals Cannes, Karlovy Vary
  • Actors Lea Drucker, Melanie Thierry, Charles Berling, Laurent Capelluto, Marie-Christine Barrault
  • Source Be for Film

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