Gervaise (1956) on Netflix
Gervaise Macquart, a Parisian laundress, raises her sons Étienne and Claude after lover Lantier leaves. She marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer whose accident and drinking threaten her home.
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Plot summary
In Paris in the 1850s, Gervaise Macquart supports her two young sons, Étienne and Claude, by working as a laundress in a working-class neighborhood after her lover Lantier abandons the family. She marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer, and they have a daughter, Nana. When Coupeau suffers an accident, he stops working and turns to drink, leaving Gervaise to keep the household going. Her friend Goujet, a blacksmith, offers help, while Virginie Poisson, a woman with an old grudge against Gervaise, makes her life harder. Gervaise tries to run a laundry business of her own and hold her family together as Coupeau's condition worsens.
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