Screening of Our Body (Notre Corps)
Claire Simon, 2023, Documentary, 168 min. In French with English Subtitles
Film introduced by Aubrey Gabel
French documentary titan Claire Simon observes the everyday operations in the gynecology ward of a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and beauty of patients in all stages of life. Through these many encounters, the specific fears, desires and struggles of these individuals become the health challenges we all face, even the filmmaker herself.
Aubrey Gabel is Assistant Professor of French at Columbia University. She is a specialist in 20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone literature, culture, and visual media and is currently the chair of the “Comics and Graphic Albums” University Seminar.
This screening is part of CINEMA/CARE. Maison Francaise Film Festival Fall 2024. More info here
