We know Sarah Bernhardt as a melodramatic, dark, dreamlike woman: but what do we know about the joyful, whimsical, manipulative, and amusingly macabre woman?Using high quality archives, re-enactments and animation, this film paints a portrait of the elusive Sarah Bernhardt.

Directed and written by Aurine Crémieu

Produced by Bonne Pioche
Original Broadcaster: Arte