Ciné-club #8 – A Gentle Woman

A Gentle Woman, Robert Bresson, 1969 A young woman has just committed suicide. Near the body, under the gaze of an elderly servant, the widower questions himself and relives his past with the deceased. A poor girl, she would often come to his pawn shop. He fell in love with her and proposed marriage. Very quickly, hurt by his coldness and his jealousy, she withdrew into silence…