Anatomy of a Fall: French Feminism and Marital Dilemmas

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10.2991/978-2-38476-551-5_94How to use a DOI?

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Anatomy of a Fall; Feminism; Marital Dilemmas; Family Models

Abstract

The film Anatomy of a Fall constructs a severely imbalanced marital relationship through the inversion of traditional gender-based division of labor, profoundly revealing the predicaments of marital relationships against the backdrop of the rise of feminism in French society. Set against the marital life of the female writer Sandra and her husband Samuel, the film uses a court trial as a narrative framework to vividly depict the conflict between feminism and traditional marital models in contemporary French society. By analyzing the plot and character relationships in the film, this paper will elaborate on the development of French feminism and the root causes of marital dilemmas, and propose corresponding solutions.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaofan Chen
AU  - Yutao Zhang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/03/26
TI  - Anatomy of a Fall: French Feminism and Marital Dilemmas
BT  - Proceeding of 2025 8th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 874
EP  - 880
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-551-5_94
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-551-5_94
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