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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.

Awards

The film garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 12th Genie Awards:

• Best Actor: Matthias Habich
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Léa Pool, Michel Langlois and Laurent Gagliardi
• Best Original Score: Jean Corriveau

Corriveau won the award for Best Original Score.

References

1. "Demoiselle sauvage, La – Film de Léa Pool". Films du Québec, December 30, 2008.
2. "Don't let story detract from beauty of Quebecer's exquisite new movie". Montreal Gazette, September 14, 1991.
3. ^ "Human fragility captured in murder drama". Calgary Herald, April 27, 1992.
4. "Montreal Film Festival covering 50 countries". Toronto Star, August 7, 1991.
5. "Montreal film festival gives top prize to k.d. lang movie". Ottawa Citizen, September 3, 1991.
6. "Jesuits adventure in front with 10 Genie nominations". Toronto Star, October 10, 1991.
7. "Dreaming of Genies comes true for winners". Halifax Daily News, November 28, 1991.

External links

• The Savage Woman at IMDb

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