A Respectable Woman (film)

A Respectable Woman (Une femme respectable) is a 2023 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Bernard Émond.

Adapted in part from Luigi Pirandello's short story "Such Is Life (Pena di vivere cosi)" and set in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in the 1930s, the film stars Hélène Florent as Rose Lemay, a woman who reluctantly agrees to take back her ex-husband Paul-Émile (Martin Dubreuil) after the death of the woman he left her for 11 years earlier, even though Paul-Émile is not genuinely interested in rekindling their releationship so much as in finding a new mother for his three children from the other relationship.

The cast also includes Paul Savoie, Brigitte Lafleur, Juliette Maxyme Proulx and Normand Canac-Marquis.

The film entered production in 2022, with shooting taking place in Trois-Rivières and Rosemont.

It premiered at the Filmfest München on June 28, 2023, and opened commercially on August 18.