La Souriante Madame Beudet (1922)
With Alexandre Arquillière, Germaine Dermoz, Jean d'Yd, Madeleine Guitty, Raoul Paoli
Directed by Germaine Dulac
La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet) is a short French impressionist silent film made in 1923, directed by pioneering avant-garde cinema director Germaine Dulac. It stars Germaine Dermoz as Madame Beudet and Alexandre Arquillière as Monsieur Beudet. It is considered by many to be one of the first truly "feminist" films. It tells the story of an intelligent woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
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