Canadian Premiere
Le deuxième sexe : sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir
Nathalie Masduraud, Valérie Urréa
Available online from March 21-30, 2024
Published in 1949, The Second Sex became a groundbreaking work in global feminism, advocating for gender equality and women’s liberation. How does this text continue to resonate today ? Looking for Simone takes viewers on an initiatory journey to the origins of Simone de Beauvoir’s thought, retracing her time in the United States, a country deeply marked by post-war sexism, racism, and consumerism. An American road trip that encompasses both the worst and the best, a predatory capitalism alongside a passionate love, navigates contradictions and inspirations to explore Simone’s legacy through the lens of contemporary thinkers like Judith Butler and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. At the crossroads of the political and the personal, the film questions the relevance and boundaries of her analysis in light of today’s challenges.
Other festival:
DOC NYC, United States (2024)
DOC NYC, United States (2024)
| Director | Nathalie Masduraud, Nathalie Urréa |
| Editing | Sylvie Bourget, Valérie Loiseleux |
| Sound editing | Rym Debbarh-Mounir |
| Sound | Graciela Barrault |
| Sound mixing | Vincent Verdoux |
| Music | Léonie Pernet |
Present in these collections
Sessions
• Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Tuesday, march 18, 2025, 01:15 p.m. — 02:47 p.m.
• Office national du film du Canada - Salle Alanis-Obomsawin
Wednesday, march 19, 2025, 07:00 p.m. — 08:32 p.m.
Production
Nathalie Masduraud
Nathalie Masduraud, trained at La Fémis, has been active since the 1990s, making documentaries, particularly artist portraits, including those of Ella Fitzgerald and Françoise Sagan. In 2014, Valérie Urrea and Nathalie Masduraud teamed up to create their first film together, “Afrique du Sud — Portraits chromatiques”, a documentary about the South African photography scene, produced by Arte, and accompanied by a mini-series. Their next film, “Focus Iran, l’audace au premier plan” (2017), explores the young Iranian photography scene, continuing the theme of photography, which was further extended in their web series “Iran#NoFilter”.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Valérie Urréa
Valérie Urrea specializes in social documentaries, tackling topics like gender, race, and disability issues. She also has a strong interest in dance, having made several films about choreographer Mathilde Monnier. In 2014, Valérie Urrea and Nathalie Masduraud teamed up to create their first film together, “Afrique du Sud — Portraits chromatiques”, a documentary about the South African photography scene, produced by Arte, and accompanied by a mini-series. Their next film, “Focus Iran, l’audace au premier plan” (2017), explores the young Iranian photography scene, continuing the theme of photography, which was further extended in their web series “Iran#NoFilter”.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
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