• Director(s):

    LABARTHE (Nathalie)

  • Producer(s):

    TOURNEZ S'IL VOUS PLAÎT PRODUCTION, ARTE FRANCE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2024

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

30 years after Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone is still stigmatized for her role as a sexual psychopath. But the Oscar nominee has always fought against domination. A new light on this empowered actress, who has overcome trauma in her plight for independence.

She made her film debut in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories, but first  started as a B-movie actress and kept doing so for ten years before getting an explosive supporting role in Total Recall and the late consecration came with Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven in 1992. With her unforgettable performance in Martin Scorsese's Casino, she received an Oscar nomination and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. After growing up in a violent environment, the victim of an abusive grandfather, she always had to fight to get roles other than stereotypical ones. By fighting to earn respect in the film industry, she became the first actress to ask for equal pay in Hollywood. Facing studios male chauvinists, who forbade women to direct or produce films, she had to fight extra hard to finally co-produce a feminist film, The Quick and the Dead, released in 1995. In a way, she embodies the independent woman of the 21st century, who refuses to be invisibilized and a "passive" object, subjected only to the male gaze. At 64, proud of her age and finally aware of her power as a woman, survivor Sharon Stone is determined to show that she is still in the game.