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    Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

    60'

    2000-07-09

    7.3

    Documentary

    Overview:

    The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as Agnès Varda and Catherine Breillat (both from France), have been making films for decades in a conscious effort to provide an alternative to the male filmmaking model; others, such as Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) and Carine Adler (England), are relative newcomers to directing, and their approaches seem more personal and less political. The film as a whole manages to cover some important topics in the feminist debate about film -- how does one construct a female gaze, how can one film nude bodies without objectifying the actors (of either sex), what constitutes a strong female role -- while also making it clear that “women’s film” comprises as many different approaches to filmmaking as there are female filmmakers.

    DirectingMarie Mandy

    Cast

    2

    Self

    Agnès Varda

    1

    Self

    Sally Potter

    1

    Self

    Carine Adler

    2

    Self

    Catherine Breillat

    1

    Self

    Jeanne Labrune

    1

    Self

    Liliana Cavani

    1

    Self

    Francesca Comencini

    1

    Self

    Doris Dörrie

    1

    Self

    Deepa Mehta

    1

    Self

    Patricia Rozema

    1

    Self

    Paule Baillargeon

    1

    Self

    Léa Pool

    1

    Self

    Moufida Tlatli

    1

    Self

    Safi Faye

    2

    Self

    Jane Campion

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Belgium
      2. France
    • List of languages:
      1. German
      2. Italian
      3. French
      4. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Vote Count: 3
      2. Popularity: 0.5803
      3. Status: Released
      4. Original title:Filmer le désir - Voyage à travers le cinéma de femmes

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