Project Detail

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 film: 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

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Chalfont Productions Ltd

3rd Floor
8 Golden Square
London
W1F 9HY

Helen de Winter

helen@helendewinter.com

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