Summary A documentary film looking at the influence the French writer Simone de Beauvoir's work and unconventional lifestyle have had on women throughout the world. Her life story, with all its conflicting emotions and experience, is told in parallel with the stories of the women appearing in the film - all of whom cite Simone de Beauvoir as a major force in their lives, in the year that marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of her best-known book, The Second Sex.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Fay Weldon A.N. Wilson Simon Winchester Ian Hamilton
Genres : Biography
Release date : Mar 21, 1989
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Union Pictures Productions
Summary A documentary film looking at the influence the French writer Simone de Beauvoir's work and unconventional lifestyle have had on women throughout the world. Her life story, with all its conflicting emotions and experience, is told in parallel with the stories of the women appearing in the film - all of whom cite Simone de Beauvoir as a major force in their lives, in the year that marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of her best-known book, The Second Sex.
Genres : Biography
Release date : Mar 21, 1989
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Union Pictures Productions
