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The Woman Who Drinks(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-03-09
67%
12 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
Overview:
On the eve of her final moments, a woman recalls her alcoholic past. She revisits her entire youth, including a binge that, at 46, cost her everything she had: "Loneliness and aging are themes that impose themselves on me, in one form or another. As for alcoholism, it fascinates me because of the revolt it underpins, and revolts me because of the unhappiness it creates around itself.
Languages: French.
Countries:
Canada
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Woman Who Drinks
Top 10 Billed Cast
Élise Guilbault
Paulette
Luc Picard
Frank
Michel Forget
Joe Belley
Fanny Mallette
Young Paulette
Gilles Renaud
Brunelle
Lise Castonguay
Yvonne
Alexandrine Agostini
Aline
Roch Aubert
Policier
Patrice Robitaille
Invitée, Joueur de cartes
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