The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché (1995)

6.4/10 • 53 min • Documentary

Overview

A biodoc about the first female filmmaker and her relative disappearance from the history of cinema after directing, producing, and writing more than 700 films.

Cast

Alice Guy-Blaché

Self (archive footage)

Claudine Chatel

Simone Blaché (voice)

Anne Dorval

Alison McMahan (voice)

Alan Williams

Self - Historian

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