Paris Was a Woman (1996)
Documentary
Overview
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.
Cast
- Juliet Stevenson as Narrator (voice)
- Shari Benstock as Self
- Gertrude Stein as Self (archive footage)
- Alice B. Toklas as Self (archive footage)
- Janet Flanner as Self (archive footage)
- Samuel Steward as Self (archive footage)
- Marie Laurencin as Self (archive footage)
- Sylvia Beach as Self (archive footage)
- Adrienne Monnier as Self (archive footage)
- Gisèle Freund as Self