Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

Nan
0h 51m
2017
5.8 /10 (3)

Overview

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.

Country : France
Languages : English, Français
Released Date: 2017-06-09

Top Billed Cast

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

MIchael Garady

Self

Nicole Calfan

Herself

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