Our Body

Released Aug 4, 2023

2 hr. 48 min.

Documentary

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In a Parisian public hospital, Claire Simon questions what it means to live in women's bodies, filming their diversity, singularity and their beauty in all stages throughout life. Unique stories of desires, fears and struggles unfold, including the one of the filmmaker herself.

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Our Body explores the doctor/patient relationship from a women's perspective, adding up to an intimate and illuminating look at modern healthcare.

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Laura B

More than any of his previous films, 'Our Body' feels like a hug. The camera looks for the body, always the body, because it is very hidden. The beauty of women, whether in joy or unbearable pain, is what drives the scene. Simon's intention is to film female bodies, discarding sexualization, but also the stigmatisation of shame, showing the transformations that occur and structuring it based on the stages of life. The result is a beautiful work of love and respect for the body, women and the will to live.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/07/23

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StephenPaul C

The greatest 02 hours: and 48 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/07/23

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Giojolis

didnt like the movie that much

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/04/23

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

The camera’s gaze isn’t pitiless but there isn’t a scrap of sentimentality – just an unflinching willingness to look at all of life straight on, without blinking.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 5, 2024

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Alison Willmore

New York Magazine/Vulture

There’s an expansive generosity to the film, and to the willingness of its subjects to allow these moments to be documented, that’s met with the same openness from Simon...

Dec 9, 2023

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Kat Sachs

Chicago Reader

The political is found firsthand to be personal, here through an assemblage of intimate vignettes, and thus it becomes all the more impactful when the director joins the ranks, a stand-in for our collective body.

Sep 15, 2023

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Alex Heeney

Seventh Row

We stay in intimate spaces that are rarely spoken of in life, let alone documented on film, and become aware of all the critical life-changing events that happen when seeking medical care and how women, especially, are conditioned to keep these a secret.

Mar 22, 2024

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Alberto Richart

Otroscines.com

Simon tries to cover all possible spectrums to form, without resorting to sentimentality, an image of the science that's most connected to femininity and life. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Mar 12, 2024

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Christopher Campbell

Nonfics

Our Body overwhelms the viewer, in a good way...Simon brilliantly provides an intimate, sensitive, and maybe even kind of transcendental understanding of what women (and trans men) and their bodies uniquely go through.

Mar 1, 2024

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Synopsis

In a Parisian public hospital, Claire Simon questions what it means to live in women's bodies, filming their diversity, singularity and their beauty in all stages throughout life. Unique stories of desires, fears and struggles unfold, including the one of the filmmaker herself.

Director: Claire Simon
Screenwriter: Claire Simon
Distributor: The Cinema Guild
Production Co: Madison Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 4, 2023, Limited
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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