Moonface: A Woman in the War (2019)
Overview
A walk through the life and career of the legendary French photojournalist Christine Spengler, known as Moonface, one of the few female war reporters in the seventies, also a writer and surrealist painter, who worked in Chad, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and other places where unfortunately war and death prevailed for years.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | es |
| Popularity | 0.997 |
Directed By
Xavi Herrero
Crew
Phillippe Warner
Phillippe Warner
Phillippe Warner
Jordi Sort
Mayte Medina
Christine Spengler
Lucía Ortín Boetti
Xavi Herrero
Lucía Ortín Boetti
Xavi Herrero
Phillippe Warner
Xavi Herrero
TOP CAST
Christine Spengler
Self - Photojournalist
Christian Lacroix
Self - Fashion Designer
Phillippe Warner
Self - Christine's Companion
Huguette Spengler
Self - Christine's Mother (archive footage)
Yasser Arafat
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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