She shot Nazis with a camera, then shot their lies down at Nuremberg. Legend behavior only.
Communist, resistance fighter, deportee, Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier is one of the great heroines of the 20th century. Nicknamed Maïco, she became a photojournalist and embraced the class struggle at the same time as she fell in love with one of the figures of the Popular Front, Paul Vaillant-Couturier. During World War II, she joined the Resistance and later gave decisive testimony at Nuremberg.
Editing
Leroyer weaves her own footage with Maïco's photographs masterfully
Direction
Léonie Simaga's narration carries the weight of necessary memory
Director
Madeleine Leroyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Maïco smuggled her Rolleiflex camera into occupied zones by hiding it in a loaf of bread. Girl math: bread = survival, camera = truth.
She was literally the only woman to testify at Nuremberg about the camps, and prosecutors tried to cut her because she 'cried too much.' The crying was the point, you cowards.
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