Simone, the journey of the century: the ambitious biopic about Simone Veil is revealed in a trailer

Simone, the journey of the century: the ambitious biopic about Simone Veil is revealed in a trailer

Simone Veil’s life will be honored in a promising biopic by the director of La Môme.

This Tuesday, July 5, 2022, Warner Bros unveiled the trailer for Simone, the journey of the century. After being delayed by the pandemic, the film is slated for a theatrical release 12 October.

Simone’s trailer, the journey of the century

The biopic will retrace the life of one of the greatest female and feminist icons of French political historySimone Velo.

intensity of the music and the careful photography guess an ambitious show. On the casting side, the actresses Elsa Zylberstein and Rebecca Marder will be the interpreters of Simone Veil at different ages of her life.

A historical, political and intimate epic

Historical and intimate epicthe film retraces everything the life of Simone Velo at the same time as salient moments of the twentieth century. The project is in the hands of Olivier Dahan. The director of The child returns after 8 years of absence from the cinema.

His youth was in fact marked by the Second World War. After surviving to the concentration camps where has it been deported with his familySimone Veil has dedicated his life to fighting for woman rights And against authoritarianism. We owe him in particular the legalization of abortion in 1975, when he was Minister of Health. Until then, abortion for non-medical reasons was a crime, punishable by imprisonment.

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Feature image credit: © Warner Bros.

Source: Madmoizelle

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