The Lives of Thérèse

2016 film

The Lives of Thérèse

Film poster

French| Les Vies de Thérèse
Directed by| Sébastien Lifshitz
Produced by| Muriel Meynard
Starring| Thérèse Clerc
Cinematography| Paul Guilhaume
Edited by| Pauline Gaillard

Release date

* 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) (Cannes)

Running time

| 52 minutes
Country|

* France

Language| French

The Lives of Thérèse (French: Les Vies de Thérèse) is a French documentary film, released in 2016.[1] Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz, the film is a profile of French feminist and LGBT activist Thérèse Clerc as she battles terminal illness.[1] Clerc died several weeks before the film's theatrical premiere.[1]

The film won the Queer Palm for best LGBT-related film at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

## Synopsis

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The documentary covers Clerc's battle with terminal illness and includes recordings of the last days of her life at her request. Clerc had previously appeared in another of Lifshitz's documentaries, The Invisible.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Cannes Film Review: ‘The Lives of Thérèse’". Variety, May 19, 2016.
2. ^ Omaïs, Mehdi (21 May 2016). "Cannes 2016: the Queer Palm awarded to the documentary "The Lives of Thérèse" by Sébastien Lifshitz". MetroNews. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
3. ^ "Les vies de Therèse". Centre Pompidou.[dead link‍]

## External links

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* The Lives of Thérèse at IMDb

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Films directed by Sébastien Lifshitz

* Presque rien (2000)
* Wild Side (2004)
* Going South (2009)
* Bambi (2013)
* The Lives of Thérèse (2016)
* Adolescents (2019)
* Little Girl (2020)
* Casa Susanna (2022)

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Winners of the Queer Palm

Feature films|

* Kaboom (2010)
* Beauty (2011)
* Laurence Anyways (2012)
* Stranger by the Lake (2013)
* Pride (2014)
* Carol (2015)
* The Lives of Thérèse (2016)
* BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017)
* Girl (2018)
* Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
* The Divide (2021)
* Joyland (2022)
* Monster (2023)
* Three Kilometres to the End of the World (2024)

Short films|

* It's Not a Cowboy Movie (2012)
* Lost Queens (2015)
* Gabber Lover (2016)
* Islands (2017)
* The Orphan (2018)
* The Distance Between Us and the Sky (2019)
* The Fall of the Swift / Frida (2021)
* Will You Look at Me (2022)
* Bolero (2023)
* Southern Brides (2024)

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