Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through The Eyes of High School Students
Singapore Premiere
Claire Simon France 2025 90 min NC16 (Sexual References)
The classrooms of a new generation transform into vibrant forums inspired by Annie Ernaux’s powerful writing and open dialogue.
This film screening is jointly presented by SGIFF with the vOilah! French Film Festival, and is supported by the Institut Français and the Embassy of France in Singapore (Ambassade de France à Singapour).
An alternative portrait of writer and Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux, whose work is seen by many as a source of individual and collective liberation, and mingles the intimate with the universal, this film explores how her literature continues to shape and inspire a new generation. In the classrooms of cities and suburbs across France and beyond, students read and respond to Ernaux’s unflinching prose, sparking candid conversations about identity, gender, love and social class.
Filmmaker Claire Simon captures these spontaneous exchanges with subtlety and care, revealing how literature can awaken awareness, challenge social norms and foster new ways of seeing the world.
Synopsis Writer: Hsieh I-hsuan
Q&A with Filmmaker(s)
1 Dec, Mon 9:30PM / 90 min
Oldham Theatre
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Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through The Eyes of High School Students
Écrire la vie: Annie Ernaux racontée par des lycéennes et des lycéens
Claire Simon
France
2025
French
English
90 min
NC16 (Sexual References)
Singapore Premiere
Claire Simon
Claire Simon is a major voice in French cinema, known for tender, thoughtful films that explore reality. Born in Britain and raised in the Var, she began making short films in the early 1980s. A self-taught filmmaker with almost 50 years’ experience, her work spans fiction and documentary, including Récréations (1998) and Our Body (2023).
Emmanuel Perreau
