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This overview will explore the role of the female screenwriter or scénariste in France, from the silent period to today, when the proportion of female to male screenwriters is one of the highest in the world.1

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Conway, K. et al. (2015). France. In: Nelmes, J., Selbo, J. (eds) Women Screenwriters. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312372_28

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