Midway through filming “Our Body,” a sprawling documentary about the gynecological ward of a Paris hospital, the movie’s director, Claire Simon, received some medical news of her own: She had breast cancer.
Four weeks into the shoot, Simon had discovered a lump beneath her armpit.
But rather than cease production, she decided to improvise and turn the camera on herself.
“I had to film a lot of naked women,” Simon in a recent video interview.
The subjects include abortion, artificial insemination, birth, gender transitioning, menopause and, eventually, disease and death.
Persons:
Claire Simon, Simon, “, ” Simon, —
Locations:
Paris, New York