
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.

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

Canada Mania
Canada Mania

Sur les pas de Marie
Sur les pas de Marie

Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion

The Capote Tapes
The Capote Tapes

Faces Places
Faces Places

The Phoney War
The Phoney War

Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker?
Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker?
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad

21 rue la Boétie
21 rue la Boétie

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

The Happy Ones
The Happy Ones

Roundabout Art
Roundabout Art