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Published in 1949, The Second Sex became the bible of global feminism. An essential work that passionately advocates for gender equality, women's independence, and the liberation of morals. Today, how does this seminal work continue to resonate in our contemporary world? Conceived as an initiatory journey to the origins of Simone de Beauvoir's thinking, the film The Second Sex: In the Footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir takes us to the United States, to the places that inspired the philosopher and nourished her theories. An American road trip bringing together the worst and the best, predatory capitalism and mad love. A unique reinterpretation in the company of the great thinkers of our century.
Directed by Nathalie Masduraud

Noémie Merlant
Narrator & Voice over

Simone de Beauvoir
Self (Archive footage)

Kellie Carter Jackson
Self

Laure Murat
Self

Marsha Colson
Self

Silvia Federici
Self

Judith Butler
Self

Epli
Self

Austin Ochoa
Self

Françoise Vergès
Self

Caitlin Keliiaa
Self

Anne MacNeil
Self
The Day Iceland Stood Still
2025