Question
A real-life court case in this country inspired a 2022 film in which a pregnant novelist attends a trial for a case that resembles the myth of Medea. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country that produced Alice Diop’s film Saint Omer. This country invited Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer to depict the trial of one of its saints in the film The Passion of Joan of Arc.
ANSWER: France [or French Republic; or République française]
[10m] This 1960s sex symbol starred in Henri-Georges Clouzot’s (“awn-ree ZHORZH kloo-ZOH’s”) legal drama La Vérité (“veh-ree-TAY”). Serge Gainsbourg sang “Bonnie and Clyde” with this blonde star of Jean-Luc Godard’s film Contempt, who was often known by her alliterative initials.
ANSWER: Brigitte Bardot (“bree-ZHEET bar-DOH”) [prompt on BB]
[10h] A divorced lawyer looks for love in this director’s romcom In Bed With Victoria. This director supported the French pension protests in a speech after winning a Palme d’Or for a courtroom drama.
ANSWER: Justine Triet (“tree-YAY”) (Triet’s film Anatomy of a Fall won the 2023 Palme d’Or.)
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Summary
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