Simone: Woman of the Century

Simone: Woman of the Century (2022) is a French biographical drama by Olivier Dahan — watch online on iFILM. Elsa Zylberstein plays Simone Veil across seven decades: from a teenage prisoner in Auschwitz to one of the most consequential voices in postwar European politics.

The film moves between Simone's personal losses and her public battles — most notably her landmark fight in the French National Assembly that reshaped women's rights in France. Rebecka Marder plays the younger Simone, and the handoff between the two actresses gives the portrait a rare continuity. At 140 minutes, the film takes its time and earns it.

What Zylberstein does here is quietly extraordinary — she plays a woman who survived the unsurvivable and then spent the rest of her life building something from the wreckage, without ever once leaning on sentiment. Stream Simone: Woman of the Century (2022) online on iFILM.