Womanlight

Clair de femme, feature film, 1979

DIRECTED BY: Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras

Womanlight

CAST:
Yves Montand (Michel),
Romy Schneider (Lydia),
Lila Kedrova (Sonia),
Heinz Bennent (Georges),
Romolo Valli (Galba)

SCRIPT:
Costa-Gavras,
Christopher Frank,
Milan Kundera (prema istoimenom romanu Romaina Garya)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Ricardo Aronovich

Synopsis:
Michel’s wife is terminally ill. Michel and she have agreed that she will take her life on a certain day which soon arrives. Afterwards, Michel should leave France but he cannot bring himself to do it. By chance he meets Lydia, a woman close to his age who lost her daughter a few years ago in a car accident that also left her husband with severe brain damage.

color, 105 min