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Poetic French tale adapted from Maupassant captivates Venice festival

Published Wed, Sep 7, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    Venice

    THE beautifully crafted Une Vie (A Woman's Life) by French director Stephane Brize about the tormented life of a baroness seduced the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday, as it entered the race for the coveted Golden Lion.

    Brize - whose last film The Measure of a Man (2015) competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, winning Best Actor - here adapts the first novel written by 19th century author Guy de Maupassant into a rich period drama.

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