Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017•51m•5.6•Released
Documentary
A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ava Gardner never stopped loving those she loved. She turned women green and made men sweat. And rejected with all her force the bulwark of normality.
Director
Jean-Frédéric Thibault
Writer
Jean-Frédéric Thibault
Languages
English, French
Studio
France•5
Cast
Ava Gardner
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney
Self (archive footage)
Artie Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Ernest Hemingway
Self (archive footage)
John Huston
Self (archive footage)
Nicole Calfan
Self
MIchael Garady
Self
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