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She's French

Synopsis

Put the word ‘French’ before ‘woman’ and we think of a feminine ideal, perpetuated by newspaper and magazine articles and in books that sell millions of copies around the world. This film poses the question does ‘she’ exist or have we invented her and if so why? Pitching real, every day, French women in London and Paris alongside experts from the worlds of fashion, film, education, politics and journalism, the film explores the myths and truths, stereotypes and startling omissions in search of the identity of the modern femme française.

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
70 mins
Format
4k
Director
Charlotte Seegers 1st Feature
Producer
Helen de Winter
Executive Producer
Manon Ardisson
Editor
Jed Finklestein
Director of Photography
Tristan Chenais, Giulio Gobbetti
Sound
Chloe Plum, Eliot Denier, Michael Sinden
Composer
Sarah Warne
Principal cast
Josephine de la Baume, Peter Copping, Mireille Guiliano, Stephen Frears
Associate Producer
Daphne Hocquard
Co-Executive Producers
David Harris, David Horner

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Chalfont Productions Ltd

3rd Floor
8 Golden Square
London
W1F 9HY

Helen de Winter

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