French actress Elsa Zylberstein, starring in Simone, The Woman of the Century, is our guest for the first episode (Season 4) of La Culture Oui, But Why?

Elsa Zylberstein began her film career in 1989 and has appeared in about 50 films. She won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for I've Loved You So Long (2008).

Recently, she played French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil (13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) in an Olivier Dahan movie (2022). Simone Veil, Minister of Health in France, played a major role in French history and politics and helped vote for the eponymous law, Loi Veil, allowing abortion in France in 1975.

Simone, The Woman of the Century was screened on September 6th at the Lycee Francais de New York Cultural Center.

For this episode, we asked Tatyana Franck, Director of the French Institute Alliance Francaise in New York, to interview Zylberstein.