
The Lives of Thérèse
Documentary
Overview
Thérèse Clerc is one of the great figures of militantism. From the struggle to legalize abortion to the fight for equal rights of men and women and the battle for gay rights, she’s been on the front lines of all of them. She has just learned that she has an incurable disease and has decided to take a last look back over her life, a tender and lucid look at the battles and the love that went with them.
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Thérèse Clerc
Thérèse Clerc
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Thérèse Clerc
Herself
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