Looking for Simone

Looking for Simone (2024)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2024-11-20
  • User Rating: 9/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: ARTE
  • Production Country: France
  • Directors: Nathalie Masduraud, Valérie Urrea.
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Summary

In 1949, philosopher and novelist Simone de Beauvoir wrote the groundbreaking The Second Sex, launching a disruptive discourse on women’s oppression and second-class citizenship. This film dissects the origins and relevance of this bible of feminism, charting de Beauvoir’s fact-finding journey across the US to research her book. The timely and fascinating film honors de Beauvoir’s brilliance and limitations, connecting her revolutionary ideas to the pressing issues women face today.

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  • Noémie Merlant

    as Narrator

  • Simone de Beauvoir

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Kellie Carter Jackson

    as Self

  • Laure Murat

    as Self

  • Marsha Colson

    as Self

  • Silvia Federici

    as Self

  • Judith Butler

    as Self

  • Epli

    as Self

  • Austin Ochoa

    as Self

  • Françoise Vergès

    as Self

  • Caitlin Keliiaa

    as Self

  • Anne MacNeil

    as Self

  • Krystal Kurley

    as Self

  • Ro Tamayo

    as Self
Directing Nathalie Masduraud Director
Directing Valérie Urrea Director
Crew Nathalie Durand Cinematography
Sound Léonie Pernet Music
Editing Sylvie Bourget Editor
Editing Valérie Loiseleux Editor
Writing Nathalie Masduraud Writer
Writing Valérie Urrea Writer

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