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Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies(2017)
Status: Released
Date: 2017-06-09
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Time: 0h 51m
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A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ava Gardner never stopped loving those she loved. She turned women green and made men sweat. And rejected with all her force the bulwark of normality.
Languages: English, French.
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Movie: Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
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Ava Gardner
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney
Self (archive footage)
Artie Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Ernest Hemingway
Self (archive footage)
John Huston
Self (archive footage)
Nicole Calfan
Self
Nicole Calfan
Herself
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A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ava Gardner never stopped loving those she loved. She turned women green and made men sweat. And rejected with all her force the bulwark of normality.
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