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Bernadette Lafont, And God Created the Free Woman

Year

2016

Language

FRENCH (ENGLISH subtitles)

Duration

1h 6m

Rating

NR

CC

Performers

Bernadette Lafont, Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Directed By

Esther Hoffenberg

Publication Information

Icarus Films

Summary

Sex symbol, feminist icon, devoted mother: French actress Bernadette Lafont was a multi-faceted performer, who refused to be boxed into one role. In BERNADETTE LAFONT: AND GOD CREATED THE FREE WOMAN, director Esther Hoffenberg tells Lafont's story through carefully selected film clips spanning her career - from iconic roles in the New Wave films of Truffaut and Chabrol, to her award-winning turn in Paulette, playing a drug-dealing grandmother. The documentary features extensive interviews with Lafont, and with her colleagues and lifelong friends Bulle Ogier and Jean-Pierre Kalfon. Hoffenberg also films Lafont's granddaughters, sharing memories as they look through memorabilia and screen film clips in the rural home where they and Lafont all grew up.

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