''The Lives of Thérèse'' (french: Les Vies de Thérèse) is a French documentary film, released in 2016.
["Cannes Film Review: ‘The Lives of Thérèse’"]
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'', May 19, 2016. Directed by
Sébastien Lifshitz
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, the film is a profile of French feminist and LGBT activist
Thérèse Clerc as she battles terminal illness.
[ Clerc died several weeks before the film's theatrical premiere.][
The film won the Queer Palm for best LGBT-related film at the ]2016 Cannes Film Festival
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Synopsis
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.
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2016 films
2016 LGBT-related films
Films directed by Sébastien Lifshitz
Documentary films about lesbians
Queer Palm winners
2010s French films
French LGBT-related documentary films
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