Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students

How is Annie Ernaux’s work taught? How is it received, studied, and read? How do today’s youth, in France and beyond, engage with her writings?

Annie Ernaux has become a central figure in contemporary feminism and the first French woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. For many, she embodies a source of individual and collective emancipation, blending the intimate with the universal.

Renowned director Claire Simon shows how Ernaux’s work, now firmly established in world literature, continues to inspire young people in their search for freedom and self-determination.