Tracing the thread…
Melodrama as high art: color-saturated tales of desire, female bonds, and bodies as vessels of memory.
Céline Sciamma FranceHer films like 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' and 'Tomboy' explore intimate female relationships and solidarity across generations and identities.
Agnès Varda FranceHer documentary 'Varda by Agnès' and films like 'One Sings, the Other Doesn't' champion women's autonomy, friendship, and collective resistance.