Books by Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward charts the career of Simone Signoret, one of the great French actresses of the 20th century.

Explores a diverse range of films including Guitry's "Napoleon" (1955), Vernay's "Le Comte de Monte Cristo" (1953), and Le Chanois' "Les Miserables" (1958) to expose the political cultural paradox between nostalgia for a lost past and the drive for modernization.

This revised and updated edition provides an historical overview of French cinema from its roots through to the political and social developments in the 1990s and beyond.

Luc Besson is considered one of the hottest international properties to emerge from the new wave of French film directors in the 1980s. This is a study of Besson's film-making career to date, placing the films within their socio-historical and political context.