# A Gentle Woman (1969)

**German title:** Une femme douce


**Genres:** Drama, Romance

**Duration:** 88 min

**IMDb:** [7.3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065152/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.8](https://letterboxd.com/film/a-gentle-woman/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 92%, Popcornmeter: 86%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/une_femme_douce)

## Description

A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. We learn in flashback about how they met, married, and how she failed to adapt her lifestyle to his. Disgusted with his attempts to dominate her, she considered murdering him, but found herself unable to do it.

## Details

**Premiere:** 02 Oct 2026

**Director:** Robert Bresson

**Cast:** Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Jeanne Lobre, Claude Ollier, Jacques Kébadian, Gilles Sandier, Dorothée Blanck

**Countries:** France

**Languages:** French

**Available versions:** OmeU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DizkYh_XtM)

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-06 (Tuesday)

- **[Babylon Alexanderplatz](https://ov-berlin.info/cinemas/81-babylon-alexanderplatz.md) (Mitte):** [2026-10-06 22:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/berlin/babylon-berlin/vorstellung/64158)  (OmeU)