A simple story with a profound and multi-faceted message
A very exceptional insight on women’s life and expectations in Saudi Arabia
Cast: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Writer: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Music by Max Richter
Cinematography by Lutz Reitemeier
Film Editing by Andreas Wodraschke
A simple story with a profound and multi-faceted message
A very exceptional insight on women’s life and expectations in Saudi Arabia
Cast: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Writer: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Music by Max Richter
Cinematography by Lutz Reitemeier
Film Editing by Andreas Wodraschke
A wo/man crosses a 400-year destiny through history – a tribute to gender unity
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, Quentin Crisp
Written and Directed by Sally Potter
Music by David Motion, Sally Potter
Cinematography by Aleksei Rodionov
Film Editing by Hervé Schneid
Less audacious than her preceding movie, but better acting, a more confident direction, and a nice touch of humor
Cast: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Antonia Frering
Director: Shamim Sarif
Writers: Shamim Sarif, Kelly Moss
Music by Raiomond Mirza
Cinematography by Aseem Bajaj
Film Editing by David Martin
Excellent opening! Poetical dialogues in lambic pentameter sounding “like prose that has been given the elegance and discipline of formal structure” (Roger Ebert) Very elaborated images structured around perspective lines
When all is said and done, it’s the cleaning lady that possesses the meaning of the universe 🙂
Cast: Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson, Sheila Hancock, Samantha Bond, Stephanie Leonidas, Gary Lewis
Written and directed by Sally Potter
Music by Sally Potter
Cinematography by Aleksei Rodionov
Film Editing by Daniel Goddard
All the men in her life disappoint her… but in the end, the movie succeeds in glorifying patriarchism. What a disappointment!
Cast: Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne, Vanessa Bayer, Colin O’Donoghue, Jason Ritter, William Moseley, Poorna Jagannathan, Cornelia Guest, Joel Michaely
Director: Susan Johnson
Writer: Kara Holden, based on the novel by Caren Lissner
Cinematographer: Gonzalo Amat
Editor: Phillip J. Bartell
Composer: Michael Penn
Strong direction, images and dialogues
Cast: Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall, Blanche Baker, Traci Lind
Directed: Volker Schlondorff
Screenplay: Harold Pinter; based On The Novel by Margaret Atwood
Photographed: Igor Luther
Edited: David Ray
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Victim of an intruder, a woman not only suffers a psychological trauma, but has also to deal with her husband who seeks vengeance because his honor and status have been shattered.
Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Writer: Asghar Farhadi
Cinematographer: Hossein Jafarian
Composer: Sattar Oraki
Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari
A powerful movie
Actors: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Jacques Davidts (scenario and dialogue), Denis Villeneuve (collaboration)
Music: Benoît Charest
Cinematography: Pierre Gill
Editing: Richard Comeau
Strong: message + gender
Weak: minorities
Actors: Andrea Anders, Matt Passmore, Cloris Leachman
Director: Matt Cooper
Writer: Matt Cooper
Music: Tom Howe
Cinematography: Armando Salas
Editing: Luis Colina