Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1h 51m
Documentary
6.1

The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which is borrowed from a 1958 film with the same name by Marc Allegret, refers to the sense the actresses have of what is expected of them by the film industry.

Cast

Delphine Seyrig
Self - Interviewer
Jill Clayburgh
Self
Marie Dubois
Self
Delia Salvi
Self
Juliet Berto
Self
Patti D'Arbanville
Self
Maidie Norman
Self
Louise Fletcher
Self
Jane Fonda
Self
Cindy Williams
Self
Rita Renoir
Self
Jenny Agutter
Self
Luce Guilbeault
Self
Shirley MacLaine
Self (archive footage)
Anne Wiazemsky
Self
Rose Gregorio
Self
Maria Schneider
Self
Viva
Self
Candy Clark
Self
Barbara Steele
Self
Millie Perkins
Self
Mallory Millet-Jones
Self
Susan Tyrrell
Self
Ellen Burstyn
Self
Simone de Beauvoir
Self (voice) (archive footage)

Crew

Delphine Seyrig
Director, Producer
Ioana Wieder
Editor
Carole Roussopoulos
Editor, Director of Photography

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