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A Woman in White (1965)

A Woman in White (1965)

Drama
Release Date: 1965, April 28
Directors: Claude Autant-Lara
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Arco Film, S.O.P.A.C., Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG), Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)
Cast: Claude Gensac, Marie-José Nat, Daniel Ceccaldi, Martine de Breteuil, Robert Benoît, Cécile Vassort, Germaine Delbat, Jean Valmont, Paloma Matta, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Ellen Bernsen

Overview:

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.