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A Woman in White

A Woman in White

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 28, 1965

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama

User Score

50%

Original Title

Journal d'une femme en blanc

Production Companies

Arco Film, S.O.P.A.C., Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)

Director

Claude Autant-Lara

Description

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.