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Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir

Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir

2025•7.0/10
Documentary

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7.0/10(2)

Published in 1949, The Second Sex became the bible of global feminism. An essential work that passionately advocates for gender equality, women's independence, and the liberation of morals. Today, how does this seminal work continue to resonate in our contemporary world? Conceived as an initiatory journey to the origins of Simone de Beauvoir's thinking, the film The Second Sex: In the Footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir takes us to the United States, to the places that inspired the philosopher and nourished her theories. An American road trip bringing together the worst and the best, predatory capitalism and mad love. A unique reinterpretation in the company of the great thinkers of our century.

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Production

Les Batelières Productions, ARTE, CNC, Procirep-Angoa, Fondation RAJA - Danièle Marcovici, La Région Île-de-France, Mediawan Rights

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Noémie Merlant

Noémie Merlant

Narrator & Voice over

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir

Self (Archive footage)

Kellie Carter Jackson

Self

Laure Murat

Laure Murat

Self

Marsha Colson

Self

Silvia Federici

Self

Judith Butler

Judith Butler

Self

Epli

Self

Austin Ochoa

Self

Françoise Vergès

Self

Caitlin Keliiaa

Self

Anne MacNeil

Self

Krystal Kurley

Self

Ro Tamayo

Self

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