FILM REVIEW: "SIMONE WEIL - A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY"

17.10.2023

THE PEACEFUL REASONS FOR HER FIGHT / Score: 7

Simone Weil, French judge, philosopher and politician, who became president of the European Parliament, is the subject of the new biopic by French director Olivier Dahan. A survivor of the Nazi concentration camps where his family perished, Weil is a key figure in understanding the evolution of European social thought in the 20th century. Recognized for filming the biopics of Edith Piaf ("La Mome", 2005) and Grace Kelly ("Grace of Monaco", 2014), Dahan illustrates here the tragedies of this survivor of the horror of Auschwitz and the Nazism that destroyed her family .  

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