Esther Williams: Hollywood's Mermaid
MovieTitle | Esther Williams : La Sirène d'Hollywood |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Aug 11, 2024 |
Genre | Documentary, TV Movie |
Director | Charles-Antoine de Rouvre |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Zeta Productions, ARTE GEIE |
Run time | 53 min. |
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