LITTLE GIRL BLUE (Mona Acache 2023)

Marion Cottilard is the star of reenactments of recorded statements of Carole, the filmmaker's mother, a writer and artist abused by men, including the writer Jean Genet, interacting with the filmmaker. This recounts stories of three generations of women who were writers, one of them an editor for the publishing house of Gallimard. Cotillard is all in on this project, indicated by her being present for the Q&A of the film.

Screened for this review as part of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at Lincoln Center, New York (Feb. 29-Mar. 10, 2024. Showtimes: Friday, March 1 at 6:15pm (Q&A with Mona Achache and Marion Cotillard)
Wednesday, March 6 at 8:30pm