The Lives of Thérèse

The Lives of Thérèse
Film poster
FrenchLes Vies de Thérèse
Directed bySébastien Lifshitz
Produced byMuriel Meynard
StarringThérèse Clerc
CinematographyPaul Guilhaume
Edited byPauline Gaillard
Release date
  • 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) (Cannes)
Running time
52 minutes
Country
  • France
LanguageFrench

The Lives of Thérèse (French: Les Vies de Thérèse) is a French documentary film, released in 2016.[1] Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz, the film is a profile of French feminist and LGBT activist Thérèse Clerc as she battles terminal illness.[1] Clerc died several weeks before the film's theatrical premiere.[1]

The film won the Queer Palm for best LGBT-related film at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Synopsis

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The documentary covers Clerc's battle with terminal illness and includes recordings of the last days of her life at her request. Clerc had previously appeared in another of Lifshitz's documentaries, The Invisible.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cannes Film Review: ‘The Lives of Thérèse’". Variety, May 19, 2016.
  2. ^ Omaïs, Mehdi (21 May 2016). "Cannes 2016: the Queer Palm awarded to the documentary "The Lives of Thérèse" by Sébastien Lifshitz". MetroNews. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Les vies de Therèse". Centre Pompidou.[dead link]
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