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Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

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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…

DirectorsJean-Frédéric Thibault·Arnaud Xainte
WriterJean-Frédéric Thibault

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Cast · Directed by Jean-Frédéric Thibault

AGAva Gardner
Ava Gardner
Self (archive footage)
FSFrank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
MRMickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Self (archive footage)
ASArtie Shaw
Artie Shaw
Self (archive footage)
EHErnest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Self (archive footage)
JHJohn Huston
John Huston
Self (archive footage)
NCNicole Calfan
Nicole Calfan
Self
MG
MIchael Garady
Self

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