French Provincial

French Provincial

1975 · 95 min · ★ 5.3 · Comedy, Drama

In the 1930s, we follow the story of the laundress Berthe who marries the eldest son of a bourgeois family.

Directed by André Téchiné · Written by Marilyn Goldin

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