Films Boutique has taken world sales rights to documentary “Elementary,” directed by Claire Simon, ahead of the film’s world premiere in the Special Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like her fellow documentarian Frederick Wiseman, Claire Simon is drawn to institutions, and the human flow that keeps them running ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In documentary “Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students” Claire Simon takes on the work of the French ...

In her latest doc, which premiered at Cannes, the French director observes the daily life of a primary school in a suburb of Paris. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic As in her previous films, ...

By choosing this quote for her first sequence, Claire Simon immediately sets a modest tone for a charming film focused on "essential truths." But make no mistake: the filmmaker has a masterful grasp ...

In documentary “Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students” Claire Simon takes on the work of the French Nobel Literature Prize winner – but not the writer herself. “The ...