Story of Women

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Story of Women
Theatrical release poster
French	Une affaire de femmes
Directed by	Claude Chabrol
Screenplay by	Colo Tavernier O'Hagan Claude Chabrol
Based on	Une affaire de femmes by Francis Szpiner
Produced by	Marin Karmitz
Starring	Isabelle Huppert François Cluzet Nils Tavernier Marie Trintignant
Cinematography	Jean Rabier
Edited by	Monique Fardoulis
Music by	Matthieu Chabrol
Production companies	MK2 Productions Films A2 Les Films du Camélia La Sept Sofinergie Films
Distributed by	MK2 Diffusion
Release dates	2 September 1988 (1988-09-02) (Venice) 14 September 1988 (1988-09-14) (France)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Story of Women (French: Une affaire de femmes) is a 1988 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol, based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, guillotined on 30 July 1943 for having performed 27 abortions in the Cherbourg area, and the 1986 book Une affaire de femmes by Francis Szpiner.

The film premiered at the 45th Venice International Film Festival, in which Isabelle Huppert was awarded the prize for best actress.^[1] It has been cited as a favorite by filmmaker John Waters, who presented it as his annual selection within the 2008 Maryland Film Festival.