Le Journal d’une femme en blanc (1965) - film review

Claude Sauvage is a maternity nurse at a large Parisian hospital who recounts her daily experiences in her diary.  She has to deal not only with pregnant young woman from unstable backgrounds but also older woman who already have too many children.  One day, Claude finds that she herself is pregnant, by Pascal, one of her doctor colleagues.  One of Claude’s patients is Mariette Hugon, a nice young girl who is in a steady relationship with her boyfriend.  With money hard to come by, Mariette is keen to have an abortion, but Claude is insistent that she should proceed with the birth, even offering her help to bring up the child.  Claude does not realise that Mariette is desperate and quite prepared to do something foolish...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

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