Paris Was a Woman

Paris Was a Woman

Paris Was a Woman

6.4

1996

1h 15m

4K ULTRA HD

Released

Documentary

Women (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.

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Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

Narrator (voice)

Shari Benstock

Self

Gertrude Stein

Self (archive footage)

Alice B. Toklas

Alice B. Toklas

Self (archive footage)

Janet Flanner

Self (archive footage)

Samuel Steward

Self (archive footage)

Marie Laurencin

Marie Laurencin

Self (archive footage)

Sylvia Beach

Self (archive footage)

Adrienne Monnier

Adrienne Monnier

Self (archive footage)

Gisèle Freund

Self