Sarah

Jan 17, 2003

1h 48m

★ 0.0

Overview

A stage play by John Murrell, adapted by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, performed to perfection by Fanny Ardant and Robert Hirsch about the last days of Sarah Bernhardt. The play concentrates on an uneasy relationship between Sarah and her servant to whom she dictates her memoir, as well as a fragile relationship between her memories, actual history and reality.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Théâtre Édouard VII

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Cast

Sarah Bernhardt

Fanny Ardant

Georges Pitou

Robert Hirsch

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