In his new novel Three women disappear», Hélène Frappat investigates the terrible fate that Hollywood has reserved for three generations of actresses, the actress Tippi Hedren as well as her descendants, her daughter Melanie Griffith and her granddaughter Dakota Johnson.
It’s a story of famous actresses and ruthless sexism in sunny Hollywood. A line of idols, erased by their predators and the star system, analyzed with virtuosity and vivacity by the novelist Hélène Frappat.
The first actress, Tippi Hedren, was erased by the one who put her in the spotlight, the director Alfred Hitchcock. The second Mélanie Griffith, daughter of Tipi Hedren, was a very popular actress, until she no longer appeared naked on the big screen. And the third is Dakota Johnson, Melanie’s daughter. His name does not sound familiar ? Here then…Fifty Shades of grey the sulphurous film of which she is the heroine nevertheless made 130 million entries in the world… Could these three stars (shooting?) be only images condemned to beauty alone?
The novelist Helene Frappat slipped into the skin of a detective to write this feminist investigation. ” Three women disappear » was published by Actes-Sud.
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