Esther Gorintin became a star at 85, having survived the harrowing 20th century, from her native Poland to the Rue de Rivoli in Paris. Between Cannes to the local fast food joint, with a taste for Ted Lapidus designs and a thing about plastic bags, Estherka is the heroine of this comic documentary, the portrait of a woman in the twilight of her life and at the dawn of her career As well as recording the incredible career of this 85 year-old débutant, I wanted to tell the story of her entire life. I had started filming Esther Gorintin before she started acting: her journey through the past century, her memories, her storytelling style, her unique relationship with the world around her, and her very special relationship with her son Armand. Here are the reasons why I followed her for more than ten years.
David Quesemand
Writer, Director
Esther Gorintin
Estherka
Hervé Dupont
Self
Armand Gorintin
Self
Shulamit Adar
Self
Elsa Amiel
Self
Saskia Berthod
Self
Julie Bertuccelli
Self
Yaël Fogiel
Self
Emmanuel Finkiel
Self
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Night Will Fall76%
Daguerréotypes73%
Woman77%
Directed by John Ford70%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Les Plages d'Agnès77%
The Class of ‘9271%
Fuck64%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Elstree 197661%
Being James Bond77%
Cameraperson67%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Audrey71%
Sherman's March67%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
