Story of Women (1988)
While this film is really only a story of one women, it does capture a lot of stories and destinies for many women of the time. Not sure if I want to call this a feminist movie, but it definitely has a feminist focus not limited to the biographical part of the movie. Marie Latour is an interesting and very complex character. She is not a saint that helps women in need, she more or less stumbles into it because she needs the money and subsequently gets used to having more money. Chabrol doesn’t provide easy answers for good or bad in terms of morality, where I can only imagine how a commercial Hollywood production would have destroyed this story by making it simplistic. Though given the subject matter of abortions, I don’t see any big studious touching that one. As usual, Huppert plays exceptionally well showing both sides of confidence and astuteness, while also letting her fear and vulnerability to surface - especially in the end.
Rating: 4