Claire Simon in Conversation – LA Premiere of Our Body

Mezzanine + IDA present: Claire Simon in conversation

Tuesday, August 1st
doors/bar 7:30pm, event 8:00pm

One of France’s premier nonfiction filmmakers, Claire Simon’s work as a writer, director, and cinematographer is rooted in the “direct cinema” teachings of the Ateliers Varan, a documentary training program founded by Jean Rouch, and her new film—which premiered in the Berlinale’s Forum section—unfolds with the same chat-heavy, observational approach of her previous documentaries.

Our Body (Notre corps) L.A. premiere, followed by a Q&A with Claire Simon

Wednesday, August 2
doors/bar 6:30pm, film 7:00pm

Veteran documentarian Claire Simon immersed herself in the daily goings-on of a public hospital in Paris’s 20th arrondissement to produce this astonishing work of observational cinema. Focusing on women of varied backgrounds and in every stage of life, Our Body traces the life cycles of the female body and its myriad encounters with the medical system.
DCP. Claire Simon. France. 2023. 173 min.

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