Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 9, 2000

Original language

French

Spoken languages

German, French, Italian, English

Countries

Belgium, France

Cast

Agnès Varda,Catherine Breillat,Deepa Mehta,Carine Adler,Léa Pool,Safi Faye,Patricia Rozema,Francesca Comencini,Doris Dörrie,Paule Baillargeonand 5 more

Director

Marie Mandy

Cinematography

Dominique Smersu,Virginie Saint-Martin

Music

Hélène Blazy

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0298866