Be Pretty and Shut Up
Delphine Seyrig, Rebel Muse
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1h 52m
Directed by Delphine Seyrig | 112 mins | 1981
In Hollywood and Paris, Seyrig sits down to talk to some of the most famous actresses in the world—including Juliet Berto, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, Jill Clayburgh, Louise Fletcher, Maria Schneider, Barbara Steele, Viva, Anne Wiazemsky, and more—about their experiences in the film industry, discussing the dearth of good roles for women, the struggle for respect and the alienation they experience from their own images, and the lack of films depicting warm, comradely relations between female characters.
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