Womanlight

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Womanlight
Clair de femme (film).jpg
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Based on Clair de femme by Romain Gary
Produced by Georges-Alain Vuille
Starring Yves Montand
Romy Schneider
Cinematography Ricardo Aronovich
Music by Jean Musy
Production
companies
Les Films Corona
Société des Films Gibe
Parva Cinematografica
Janus Filmproduktion
Distributed by Gaumont (France)
Constantin Film (Germany
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
West Germany
LanguageFrench

Womanlight (French : Clair de femme) is a 1979 film by Costa-Gavras based on the 1977 novel Clair de femme by Romain Gary. [1] [2]

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  1. Maatstaf - Volume 29,Numéros 11 à 30 - Page 28 "(In welk opzicht het boek sterk doet denken aan de door Romain Gary geschreven film Claire de femme). Hoofd- en bijzaken worden als gelijkwaardig gepresenteerd en de tijd verstrijkt zo voelbaar gelijkmatig in dit boek zonder versnellingen, ..."
  2. Razón y fe: Revista hispano-americana de cultura 1979 En la actualidad Costa— Gavras trabaja en el rodaje de su nuevo film, Claire de Femme, basado en una novela de Roman Gary, e interpretado por el inevitable Yves Montand y Romy Schneider. Una película que no tiene nada que ver con ...