Docteur Françoise Gailland is a 1976 French film directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli

Jean-Louis Bertucelli

-Selected filmography:* Ramparts of Clay * Docteur Françoise Gailland * A Day to Remember -External links:...

, and starring Annie Girardot

Annie Girardot

Annie Girardot was a French actress.She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland...

, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor.-Life and career:Cassel was born Jean-Pierre Crochon in Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite , an opera singer, and Georges Crochon, a doctor. Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 film The Happy Road...

, François Périer

François Périer

François Périer, , born François Pillu in Paris, was one of France's most distinguished actors.He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his most notable parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains...

 and Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...

. It won the César Award for Best Actress

César Award for Best Actress

List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...

, and was nominated for Best Cinematography.

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
  Annie Girardot
  Annie Girardot was a French actress.She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland...
  
   - Françoise Gailland
• Jean-Pierre Cassel
  Jean-Pierre Cassel
  Jean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor.-Life and career:Cassel was born Jean-Pierre Crochon in Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite , an opera singer, and Georges Crochon, a doctor. Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 film The Happy Road...
  
   - Daniel Letessier
• François Périer
  François Périer
  François Périer, , born François Pillu in Paris, was one of France's most distinguished actors.He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his most notable parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains...
  
   - Gérard Gailland
• Isabelle Huppert
  Isabelle Huppert
  Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...
  
   - Élisabeth Gailland
• William Coryn - Julien Gailland
• Suzanne Flon
  Suzanne Flon
  Suzanne Flon was a French film actress and comedienne.-Early life:Her father was a railway worker and her mother crafted jewelry....
  
   - Geneviève Liénard
• Anouk Ferjac
  Anouk Ferjac
  Anouk Ferjac is a French actress. She has appeared in 100 films and television shows between 1946 and 2000.-Selected filmography:* Justice Is Done * La Traversée de Paris * Live for Life...
  
   - Fabienne Cristelle
• Michel Subor
  Michel Subor
  Michel Subor is a French actor who gained fame playing the lover of Brigitte Bardot's character in La Bride sur le Cou .In Hollywood Subor starred in Clive Donner's What's New, Pussycat? and in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz...
  
   - Régis Cabret
• Josephine Chaplin
  Josephine Chaplin
  Josephine Hannah Chaplin is an actress and the daughter of actor/comedian/director Charlie Chaplin and his last wife, Oona O'Neill. Her siblings include Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Chaplin and Michael Chaplin. She was also half-sister to Sydney Chaplin, Charles Chaplin, Jr...
  
   - Hélène Varèse
• André Falcon - Jean Rimevale
• Jacqueline Doyen
  Jacqueline Doyen
  Jacqueline Doyen was a French actress. She appeared in 80 films and television shows between 1956 and 1995.-Selected filmography:* La Vendetta * L'homme orchestre...
  
   - Raymonde
• Margo Lion
  Margo Lion
  Margo Lion is a producer for plays and musicals both on Broadway and off-Broadway. She is known for her role in producing the stage and screen hit Hairspray. Combined, the works Lion produced have won 20 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize.-Biography:...
  
   - Mammy - la mère de Françoise
• Jacques Richard
  Jacques Richard
  Jacques A. G. Richard was a professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for the Atlanta Flames, Buffalo Sabres, and Quebec Nordiques. After an impressive junior career, Richard was considered a potential NHL superstar, but failed to live up to the promise. Trouble...
  
  - Le docteur Lesoux