Docteur Françoise Gailland is a 1976 French film directed by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, and starring Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, François Périer and Isabelle Huppert. It won the César Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for Best Cinematography.
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Plot
Dr. Françoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time to spend with her family, which consists of her husband Gérard, her pregnant teenaged daughter Elisabeth, and her sullen son Julien. However, she does manage to find the time to spend with her lover, Daniel Letessier. While her life in such disarray, she learns that she has cancer. Françoise tries to put a brave face on it, and is determined to face the life-threatening disease with courage.
Cast
Annie Girardot as Françoise Gailland
Jean-Pierre Cassel as Daniel Letessier
François Périer as Gérard Gailland
Isabelle Huppert as Élisabeth Gailland
William Coryn as Julien Gailland
Suzanne Flon as Geneviève Liénard
Anouk Ferjac as Fabienne Cristelle
Michel Subor as Régis Cabret
Josephine Chaplin as Hélène Varèse
André Falcon as Jean Rimevale
Jacqueline Doyen as Raymonde
Margo Lion as Mammy - la mère de Françoise
Jacques Richard as Le docteur Lesoux
Andrée Damant