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Esther Williams: Hollywood's Mermaid

Esther Williams: Hollywood's Mermaid

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 11, 2024

Runtime

0h 53m

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie

Original Title

Esther Williams : La Sirène d'Hollywood

Production Companies

Zeta Productions, ARTE GEIE

Director

Charles-Antoine de Rouvre

Description

The story of Esther Williams is that of an improbable encounter. That of the glamorous Hollywood of the 1940s with a swimming champion. A meeting that gave birth to the most kitsch and flamboyant genre films in Technicolor: the Aqua-musicals! A dive into the troubled waters of post-war Hollywood, where only her qualities as an athlete allow an extraordinary actress to fight to emancipate herself and avoid the traps of the predators who lurk around her