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The Savage Woman (1991)

1h 45m

Running Time

The Savage Woman (1991)

Name: The Savage Woman
Genre: Drama
Released: 1991-01-01

1h 45m

Running Time

Plot.

Marianne, a young Canadian nurse living as an expatriate in Switzerland, is traumatized by a violent incident and becomes lost in the Alps. In time, a Swiss engineer working in the mountains discovers her; he gives her a place to stay and slowly gains her trust as she regains her health. However, he soon discovers she's wanted by the law, and circumstances become difficult for him as he tries to hide her from the authorities.

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Cast & Crew.

Patricia Tulasne

Marianne

Matthias Habich

Elysée

Roger Jendly

Maurice

Léa Pool

Director

Michel Langlois

Screenplay

Michel Voïta

Policier en chef

Séverine Bujard

Femme d'Élysée

Lenie Scoffié

Marie Chappaz

Denis Rabaglia

TV journalist

Laurent Gagliardi

Writer

Denise Robert

Producer

Jean Corriveau

Composer

Georges Dufaux

Cinematographer

Alain Belhumeur

Editor

Details.

Release Date

January 1, 1991

Original Name

La demoiselle sauvage

Status

Released

Running Time

1h 45m

Genres

Drama

Last updated: 2025-05-16

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

The Savage Woman (French: La Demoiselle sauvage) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, released in 1991. Directed by Léa Pool, the film stars Patricia Tulasne as Marianne, a young Canadian expatriate in Switzerland who escapes into the mountains after being assaulted by her boyfriend, and meets Élysée (Matthias Habich), an engineer camped out for the summer to monitor a hydroelectric dam, with whom she begins a new romance before eventually revealing that she killed her attacker.

The film was based on a short story by Swiss writer S. Corinna Bille.

The film premiered in August 1991 at the Montreal World Film Festival. It won the award for Best Canadian Film at that festival.