'A Woman's Life' Review: Bourgeois-Tacquet Examines Feminine Sensuality in Middle Age
By
Kate Erbland
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Summary
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet's sophomore feature "A Woman's Life" focuses on the often-overlooked period of later middle age in a woman's existence. The film stars Léa Drucker as Gabrielle, exploring how concerns about work, love, sex, and friendship become tangled with the realities of aging. The review notes the film unfolds in chapters, some stunning and others confounding, as it examines feminine sensuality through a lushly shot narrative.
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The 'Anaïs in Love' filmmaker uses her sophomore feature to zoom in on an often-overlooked period in a woman's existence: later middle age.
We meet Gabrielle (the always-captivating Léa Drucker) in the throes of passion, by way of a lushly shot sex scene, all sweat a
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