Directed by : Stéphane Brizé br Produced by : TS Productions br Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 1 h 59 min br French release: 23112016 br Production year: 2015 br br Set in Normandy in 1819 and adapted from the classic French novel Une Vie by Guy de Maupassant, the film recounts the trials and tribulations in the life of a young woman from the day she returns home from a convent and her heart is awakened by a local Viscount.