The Many Lives of Edouard Louis

Nov 29, 2023

1h 12m

★ 7.0

Overview

The metamorphosis of a young boy from a sub-proletarian background in Picardy into a star of French cultural life. Édouard Louis, who in a few years has become the spokesman writer of a generation, encourages each of us to make permanent transformation a new way of life.

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Documentary

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Édouard Louis

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