Woman of Evil (1947)

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Country: France
Genres: Drama
Release: 1947-09-23
Director: Edmond T. Gréville
Writers: Edmond T. Gréville , Max Joly , Jean Josipovici , Norbert Carbonnaux
Language: French | Spanish
Stars: Charles Vanel , Jean Chevrier , Héléna Bossis , Margo Lion , Henri Maïk , Edouard Hemme , Aimé Gaillard , Nickla Valli , Jean Schenone , Félix Clément
Runtime: 87 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Le diable souffle (Canada) , Le diable souffle (France, French Republic) , Le diable souffle , 濁流 (Japan) , Djavo potpiruje , Woman of Evil (United States of America)
Plot: In the Basque country,near the French/Spanish border, the wind,Tramontana ,almost never stops blowing and howling;Laurent ,a misanthropist who has seen it all before , lives on a small island in the middle of a river with his mistress,Louvaine, a failed piano player ,and his servant ,Pepita ,secretly in love with him ,who hates that "painted woman".Shortly afterward ,laurent fires her and her half-wit son . Louvaine becomes seriously ill.A former prisoner,a Republican escaped from general Franco's jails ,who has taken refuge in Laurent's barn,tells him that his woman must be operated for appendicitis : as no boat can reach the island, he urges him to let him perform the operation with makeshift means.
IMDB:tt0372864