Docteur Françoise Gailland (1975)

Synopsis of Docteur Françoise Gailland

A doctor gains a new perspective on her life and career when she faces a life-threatening illness in this drama. Francoise (Annie Girardot) is a French physician with a very busy schedule. While she's well respected by her patients and colleagues, she has precious little time to spend with her husband Gerard (Francois Perier), her pregnant teenage daughter Elisabeth (Isabelle Huppert), or her sullen son Julien (William Coryn). She somehow manages to find time for her lover Daniel (Jean-Pierre Cassel), but Francoise's life is already starting to fray at the edges when she receives the upsetting news that she has cancer. Francoise, however, learns to put on a brave face and faces her disease and its difficult treatment with optimism and a fierce resolve. Annie Giradot's performance in Docteur Francoise Gailland earned her a Cesar (the French Academy Award). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Director(s):

Jean-Louis Bertucelli

Writer(s):

André G. Brunelin, Jean-Louis Bertucelli

Producer(s):

Yves Gasser, Yves Peyrot

• 1976 - French Academy of Cinema - Best Actress

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