The Woman Who Drinks

The Woman Who Drinks

★ 6.7IMDb Score
Released:2001-03-09
Duration:91 min
Country:Canada
Director:Bernard Émond
Actors:Élise Guilbault, Luc Picard, Michel Forget, Fanny Mallette, Laurent Lacoursière
Production:ACPAV

Overview:

On the eve of her final moments, a woman recalls her alcoholic past. She revisits her entire youth, including a binge that, at 46, cost her everything she had: "Loneliness and aging are themes that impose themselves on me, in one form or another. As for alcoholism, it fascinates me because of the revolt it underpins, and revolts me because of the unhappiness it creates around itself.

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