Monsieur Hawarden is a 1968 Belgian-Dutch drama film[1] directed by Harry Kümel.
[5] Meriora Gillibrand disguises herself as a man ('Monsieur Hawarden') to avoid prosecution for murdering her lover fifteen years ago.
She is the last living member of a wealthy Vienna family, and has spent the years after the murder traveling Europe with Victorine, her female servant.
Nearing middle age, the guilt and weariness of an empty life has her contemplating suicide as the only way out of her dilemma.
[6] It received critical accolades, including prizes at festivals in Chicago, Edinburgh and Hyeres.