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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
She saw the future through the camera lens
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Overview
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
103 min
Release Date
2018-12-07
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
39
Vote Average
7.244
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Jodie Foster
Self - Narrator (voice)
Richard Abel
Self
Marc Abraham
Self
Stephanie Allain
Self
Gillian Armstrong
Self
John Bailey
Self
Cari Beauchamp
Self
Lake Bell
Self
Peter Billingsley
Self
James Bobin
Self
Serge Bromberg
Self
Kevin Brownlow
Self
Jon M. Chu
Self
Diablo Cody
Self
Bobby Cohen
Self
Howard Cohen
Self
Susan Constantine
Self
Julie Corman
Self
Robert Dassanowsky
Self
Julie Delpy
Self
Geena Davis
Self
Peter Decherney
Self
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Self
Bryony Dixon
Self
Frederik Du Chau
Self
Ava DuVernay
Self
Dino Everett
Self
Peter Farrelly
Self
Elsie Fisher
Self
Anne Fletcher
Self
Anne Fontaine
Self
Jean-Michel Frodon
Self
Jane Gaines
Self
Janeane Garofalo
Self
Pierre-William Glenn
Self
Maxine Haleff
Self
Catherine Hardwicke
Self
Rob Haworth
Self
Michel Hazanavicius
Self
Cheryl Hines
Self
Jan-Christopher Horak
Self
Neil Hunt
Self
Gale Anne Hurd
Self
Patty Jenkins
Self
Ben Kingsley
Self
Wayne Kramer
Self
Roland-François Lack
Self
Marquise Lepage
Self
Kevin Macdonald
Self
Anastasia Masaro
Self
Alison McMahan
Self
Tom Meyers
Self
Walter Murch
Self
Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Self
Chloe Page-Relo
Self
Tatiana Page-Relo
Self
Vadim Perelman
Self
Pierre Rissient
Self
Julie Anne Robinson
Self
Mark Romanek
Self
Andy Samberg
Self
Marjane Satrapi
Self
Cathy Schulman
Self
Vanessa Schwartz
Self
Floria Sigismondi
Self
Joan Simon
Self
Anthony Slide
Self
Cecile Starr
Self
Valerie Steele
Self
Mark Stetson
Self
Kevin Stitt
Self
Drake Stutesman
Self
Julie Taymor
Self
Anand Tucker
Self
Agnès Varda
Self
Marc Wanamaker
Self
Loretta Weinberg
Self
Alan Williams
Self
Evan Rachel Wood
Self
Simone Guy
Self (archive footage)
Alice Guy-Blaché
Self (archive footage)
Bessie Love
Self (archive footage)
Howard Cohen
Self
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