She was the sort of woman who spared neither herself nor others—and arguably qualifies as 20th-century France’s greatest femme de lettres. In this interview, the late novelist and filmmaker talks openly about the hardship and the romance of her childhood in French Indochina, sharing how this period haunted her life and shaped her work. Excerpts from her films and readings from her books by actress Elizabeth Rider and Duras herself—including The Lover, winner of the Prix Goncourt and translated into more than forty languages—bring to life those formative years in Vietnam.
Daniel Wiles
Director
Alan Benson
Director
McQueen74%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Public Speaking70%
Directed by John Ford70%
Sherman's March67%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Casting By68%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Love, Antosha74%
The Class of ‘9271%
My Mom Jayne80%
Night Will Fall76%
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return67%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
The Cheshire Murders65%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Above Majestic73%
The Making of Star Wars70%
Maidentrip70%
