24 Hours in the Life of a Woman

Overview

Set in 1913, 1936 and 2001. When he returns to the casino and seaside resort of his early teens, Louis, a 78 year old man encounters Olivia, a 19 year old young woman madly in love with a violent cad. Louis tells the story of his own mother having a passionate, driven fling with his Italian tennis instructor in 1936, and of Marie Collins Brown, the slightly older widowed woman who helped him through his confusion and pain by recounting the story of her passionate 24 hour fling with a hopeless young Polish gambler in 1913.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 7, 2002

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France, Germany, United Kingdom

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,Michel Serrault,Serge Riaboukine,Stéphanie Murat,Valérie Dréville,Alexia Barlier,Chloé Lambert,Pascal Greggory,Agnès Jaoui,François Caronand 1 more

Director

Laurent Bouhnik

Writer

Laurent Bouhnik,Stefan Zweig,Gilles Taurand

Producer

Jean Cottin,Philippe Roux,Étienne Comar

Cinematography

Gilles Henry

Music

Michael Nyman

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0229187