‘Notre Corps - Claire Simon’

In a Parisian public hospital, Claire Simon questions what it means to live in women’s bodies, filming their diversity, singularity and beauty in all stages of life. Unique stories of desires, fears and struggles unfold, including the story of Simon herself.

Claire Simon came to cinema through editing. As a director, she oscillates between documentary films and fiction. Claire Simon films the people around her as if they were heroes: the children in Récréations, the stressed-out boss in Coûte que coûte, the child thief in Sinon oui, the young girl on fire in Ça brûle, Mimi in love with women, Nicole Garcia's passion for Reda Kateb in Gare du Nord, Stéphanie selling her charms in Le Bois, young people storming the Fémis fortified castle in Le Concours, Swann Arlaud's passion as Yann Andréa for Marguerite Duras in Vous ne désirez que moi. At the same time, she taught at Paris 7 and Paris 8, and headed the directing department at the Fémis.