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Directed by | Germaine Dulac |
Written by | Germaine Dulac |
Based on | La Souriante Madame Beudet 1921 play by Denys Amiel André Obey |
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Running time | 38 mins. |
Country | France |
Languages | Silent film French intertitles |
La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet) is a short French impressionist silent film made in 1923,[1][2] directed by pioneering avant-garde cinema director Germaine Dulac.[3] It stars Germaine Dermoz as Madame Beudet and Alexandre Arquillière as Monsieur Beudet. It is considered by many to be one of the first truly "feminist" films.[2][4][5] It tells the story of an intelligent woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
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