Directed by:
Pamela B. GreenScreenplay:
Pamela B. GreenComposer:
Peter G. AdamsCast:
Alice Guy (a.f.), Jodie Foster (narrator), Evan Rachel Wood, Andy Samberg, Geena Davis, Lake Bell, Ben Kingsley, Jon M. Chu, Diablo Cody, Janeane Garofalo (more)Plots(1)
How could Alice Guy Blaché, a contemporary of Edison, the Lumières, and Méliès - who wrote, directed or produced a thousand films, including her first narrative film in 1896 by her own account, 150 films with synchronized sound, and who had a career longer than any of them, in France and in the U.S.- reach the heights of fame and financial success and then be forgotten by an industry she helped create? Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a detective story/bio pic, rewrites film history by revealing for the first time the full story of Alice's life and 20-year career. Her work includes comedies, westerns, dramas, dealing with child abuse, immigration, planned parenthood, and empowered women. She made the earliest known surviving narrative film with an all black cast. (Cannes Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Alice Guy (a.f.)
France
Jodie Foster (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Maverick (1994)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Evan Rachel Wood
USA
Best movies:
The Wrestler (2008)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
All You Need is Love (2007)
Andy Samberg
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Palm Springs (2020)
Geena Davis
USA
Best movies:
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Tootsie (1982)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Lake Bell
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Shot Caller (2017)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
Ben Kingsley
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Shutter Island (2010)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Jon M. Chu
USA
Diablo Cody
USA
Best movies:
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Janeane Garofalo
USA
Best movies:
Ratatouille (2007)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Come As You Are (2019)
Cheryl Hines
USA
Best movies:
Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
The Ugly Truth (2009)
About Fate (2022)
Julie Delpy
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Europa Europa (1990)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Ava DuVernay
USA
Patty Jenkins
USA
Elsie Fisher
USA
Best movies:
Despicable Me (2010)
McFarland, USA (2015)
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Agnès Varda
Belgium
Best movies:
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
Peter Billingsley
USA
Best movies:
Iron Man (2008)
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Michel Hazanavicius
France
Best movies:
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)
La Classe américaine (1993) (TV movie)
My Wife is an Actress (2001)
Peter Farrelly
USA