Carried a legend. She was a woman from the 80s, But 1880s! A woman who rose to the rank of sacred monster and whose life is a profession of faith in itself. "I have a crazy desire to travel, to see something else, to breathe another air! ». So Sarah Bernhardt spoke, The Nicole Kidman of the 1880s! A woman of unimaginable freedom, Born in a corseted world and which she has continued to push the limits. First by interpreting mythical figures such as Froufrou, Phèdre or the Lady with camellia, Then by doing triumphant tours in Europe and the United States. for her, Jean Cocteau invented the term sacred monster.


Through the portrait of this unique female figure in its kind, Marie Probst and Pascale Vachoux imagine what is entitled to call a theatrical biopic, As we hear in the cinema. Based on his love letters, its most famous monologues, Some crisp anecdotes and more contemporary looks ordered from Julie Gilbert and Ludovic Chazaud, They will be in turn narrator and Sarah Bernhardt. Two actresses who will split to brush a cross portrait, as abundant as it is teeming with tracks, On the first star of the theatrical environment.