Later this year on F3 and Arte we will see this drama about the lives of Sartre and De Beauvoir. Click on the heading of this entry to go to a slightly ridiculous summary of the programmes. What is interesting is that in the French version de Beauvoir is en route to gaining her agregation but in the English version she is only studying for her bac. Is this a bit of tabloidese spice to attract Channel Five to buy the rights for Brit TV? He was her professor, she was the precocious pupil etc. etc. de Beauvoir had an austere beauty which perhaps justifies casting Anna Mouglalis in the role. It was always going to be difficult to cast Sartre.
