Paris Was a Woman

Paris Was a Woman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-11-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

75 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (107 Reviews)

Director:

Genres:

Cast:

Juliet Stevenson Maureen All Gillian Hanna Margaret Robertson

Writer:

Andrea Weiss

Fullplot:

Female (many of them lesbian) artists, writers, photographers, designers, and adventurers settled in Paris between the wars. They embraced France, some developed an ex-pat culture, and most cherished a way of life quite different than the one left behind. Archival footage, music, paintings, literature, and interviews with folks who were there. Berenice Abbott, Gisele Freund, Djuna Barnes, Natalie Barney, Sylvia Beach, Adrienne Monnier, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Colette, Janet Flanner and others. In addition, Matisse, Picasso, Hemingway, and James Joyce.

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