Moonface: A Woman in the War

Moonface: A Woman in the War

67 mins | Documentary | Jan. 27, 2019

A walk through the life and career of the French artist Christine “Moonface” Spengler, a legendary photographer, one of the few female war reporters in the seventies, also a writer and surrealist painter, who has worked in Chad, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and other places where unfortunately war and death prevailed for years. This is her story, told in her own words.

Moonface: A Woman in the War

67 mins | Documentary | Jan. 27, 2019

Moonface: A Woman in the War
A walk through the life and career of the French artist Christine “Moonface” Spengler, a legendary photographer, one of the few female war reporters in the seventies, also a writer and surrealist painter, who has worked in Chad, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and other places where unfortunately war and death prevailed for years. This is her story, told in her own words.
Producers IbizaCineFest Film Festival
Original title Moonface: una mujer en la guerra
Directors Xavi Herrero
Writers Lucía Ortín Boetti, Christine Spengler, Xavi Herrero

Cast

Christine Spengler

as Herself - Photographer, Writer and Painter

Christian Lacroix

as Himself - Fashion Designer

Phillippe Warner

as Himself - Artist and Christine's Companion

Huguette Spengler

as Herself - Artist and Christine's Mother (archive footage)

Yasser Arafat

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)