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"The Savage Woman"
1991
Directed by Lea Pool

Lea Pool's drama about the shifting relationship of a battered woman and a sympathetic engineer who befriends and shelters her from the authorities. As the completion of his water project nears, she must confront the dark and frenzied horror of her past. Named the most popular film at the Montreal World Film Festival. With Patricia Tulasne and Matthias Habich. "A steamy sexual odyssey" (Toronto Globe and Mail). French with English subtitles. color.  100 minutes.