Simone de Beauvoir
Birthday: 1908-01-09
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Biography: Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory
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Sartre by Himself
Michel Contat is Emeritus Director of Research at the CNRS, ITEM/CNRS/ENS and a specialist of Jean-P...
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a n...
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Maso and Miso Go Boating
The year 1975 is declared “year of the woman”. On this occasion Bernard Pivot invited Françoise Giro...
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Hôtel La Louisiane
Hôtel La Louisiane is, at its core, a film about freedom and dignity. Freedom for those who wish to ...
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Disorder
Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in 1946...
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Simone de Beauvoir
Documentary on writer/philospher Simone de Beauvoir via interviews of herself and friends suppliment...
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Walking in the Land of the Old
A documentary directed by Marianne Ahrne, based on the French writer Simone de Beauvoir's Essay of t...
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The Lévi-Strauss Century
Documentary about one of the greatest French thinkers of the twentieth century, Claude Lévi-Strauss ...
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Simone de Beauvoir: Two Interviews
Two interviews, recorded 16 years apart, illuminating the historic role, personality and thoughts of...
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Be Pretty and Shut Up!
The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, ...
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Delphine and Carole
In the 70s, actress Delphine Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos, both militant feminists, were ...
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Looking for Simone
In 1949, philosopher and novelist Simone de Beauvoir wrote the groundbreaking The Second Sex, launch...
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Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova
Despite her position at the epicentre of the Brazilian bossa nova scene, singer Heloísa Maria Buarqu...
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