From a British background, born in Japan, having grown up and made a career in the United States and then settled in France, Olivia de Havilland was the most international of Hollywood stars. She also changed the face of Hollywood and its studios, with her court victory against Jack Warner when she was barely 26 years old. Her win allowed all actors who were suspended from employment while they fought during the Second World War to renegotiate their contracts. This “De Havilland law” allowed the obligations binding actors under contract to be relaxed (…) In 1965, she became the first female president of the Festival de Cannes Jury, 20 years after it was created. This outstanding film by Daphné Baiwir portrays the actress as the exceptional woman that was Olivia de Havilland: her struggles, her distinguished acting, her wonderful interviews, the risks she took in her career as well as her choices in life. It takes us back to an idea of cinema which becomes a little more distant every year, but which also grows stronger as time passes. — British Herald