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24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
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24 Hours in the Life of a Woman is a 1968 French drama film directed by Dominique Delouche, based on the novella Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman by Stefan Zweig.
It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
The book on which the film is based had previously been adapted as 24 Hours of a Woman’s Life in 1952, and was later adapted as 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman in 2002.
The dramatic disappearance of the wife of a wealthy businessman from a small hotel on the French Riviera prompts a distinguished English widow to recount her fleeting encounter with a young aristocrat many years before in Monte Carlo.
Impulsively following the broken man as he stumbles from the roulette table, she embarks on twenty-four hours of ecstasy, redemption and betrayal which will haunt her life forever.
The less I felt in myself, the more strongly I was drawn to those places where the whirligig of life spins most rapidly.
So begins an extraordinary day in the life of Mrs C – recently bereaved and searching for excitement and meaning.
Drawn to the bright lights of a casino, and the passion of a desperate stranger, she discovers a purpose once again but at what cost?
In this vivid and moving tale of a compassionate woman, and her defining experience, Zweig explores the power of intense love, overwhelming loneliness and regret that can last for a lifetime.
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
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