Simone de Beauvoir

Simone De Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Satre and their friends discuss the events and involvements that shaped her life and opinions - from the Spanish Civil War to the Paris Riots of 1968. Her lucid, perceptive observations on people and events of the last 50 years exhibit the formidable power of exhilarating intelligence.

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Credits

co-producer

Josee Dayan

Malka Ribowaska

Duration

01:45:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017538

Language

French

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - France

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986

Foreign language films

Literature → Authors

Literature → Authors, French

Literature → Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986

Literature → Women authors

People → Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986

People → Sartre, Jean-Paul

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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France, 1983

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