The Savage Woman (French: La Demoiselle sauvage) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, released in 1991.[1] Directed by Léa Pool, the film stars Patricia Tulasne as Marianne, a young Canadian expatriate in Switzerland who escapes into the mountains after being assaulted by her boyfriend, and meets Élysée (Matthias Habich), an engineer camped out for the summer to monitor a hydroelectric dam, with whom she begins a new romance[2] before eventually revealing that she killed her attacker.[3]
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La Demoiselle sauvage | |
Directed by | Léa Pool |
Written by | Léa Pool Michel Langlois Laurent Gagliardi |
Based on | "La Demoiselle sauvage" by S. Corinna Bille |
Produced by | Denise Robert |
Starring | Patricia Tulasne Matthias Habich |
Cinematography | Georges Dufaux |
Edited by | Alain Belhumeur |
Music by | Jean Corriveau |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The film was based on a short story by Swiss writer S. Corinna Bille.[3]
The film premiered in August 1991 at the Montreal World Film Festival.[4] It won the award for Best Canadian Film at that festival.[5]
The film garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 12th Genie Awards:[6]
Corriveau won the award for Best Original Score.[7]
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