4 Interpretations Of Women In The Cinema That Will Mark You
When we are faced with the “dilemma” of the film that we are going to see, it is not common to think about our repertoire and ask ourselves whether men or women predominate in it. The key to making our choice often lies in the theme of the film. Certain specific roles appear to have been written expressly by and for women.
Far from the more commercial film circuit, we can find female interpretations with which to delight, grow and empathize. In this sense, we would say that in the variety is the taste, as well in the thematic, as in the time or in the narrative type.
We will try to offer an interesting repertoire, a list of films as different as they are striking, in which women have a protagonist role associated with an extraordinary performance.
“La Ciociara” by Vittorio de Sica
Italian neorealism is redoing its own and offers us this huge piece with excellent interpretations and a story based on real facts that give goosebumps. This film is based on a book by Alberto Moravia, who in 1943 settled in southern Italy where he experienced the barbarities of what was supposed to be the Allied camp responsible for liberating the village from the barbarism of Nazism.
In the most shameful and sadistic military actions of military history in general, Alphonse Juin gave the order to his French troops, known as “the Goumiers”, to take for themselves territories already recovered by the allied camp and to do with it what they wanted.
By understanding “this order” as a gift, they achieved things that were so cruel and difficult to imagine. Many Italian women suffered from these atrocities. To unveil their story on the big screen, Vittorio de Sica saw Sophie Loren as the perfect actress to bring to life and show the spectator all the suffering that women had to endure in this cruel context.
“Me, Christiane F… 13 years old, drug addict and prostitute” by Uli Edel
This cult German film is based on the autobiographical transcription by Vera Christiane Felscherinow. Vera continues to find great interest in her country and the film based on her autobiography is one of the most impactful stories about heroin addiction and its different forms of consumption.
The main character of the film is played by the very young actress Natja Brunckhorst, who is very convincing by the naturalness with which she interprets the 13-year-old girl who is only motivated by the music of David Bowie, by the tenderness of her sister and to go out each time more to the Berlin fashion store where a boy who pleases him usually goes.
A story that transports us from the innocence of youth to the brutal consumption of heroin that can split the lives of a whole generation of young people in two. David Bowie was so interested in the novel that he agreed to star in the film, turning it into a real gem.
“Letter from an unknown woman” by Max Ophüls
In the introduction, we opened up the possibility of going through all cinematographic genres and all eras. In fact, the cinema of the golden age of Hollywood is a real delight and this movie is one of its candies. He speaks to us of the most platonic and idealized love, without falling at any time into saturation, and transmits the risk that the spectator will embark on the story.
Actress Joan Fontaine looks gorgeous, once again showing that interpretive moderation has nothing to do with leading us to a stupid woman. Her character, Lisa, is so genuine and dreamy that she manages to confuse the one and the other, without at any point managing to ally us with a fake story. It’s a brief romance, but the love of her life and her memories.
Joan Fontaine embodies in this story a woman with personality. She thinks she doesn’t deserve the love she receives. On the other hand, she does not demean herself but tries to advance as an independent woman.
“Monster” by Patty Jenkins
This film tells the real story of Aileen Wuornos, a North American female serial killer. In the film, she is played by an unrecognizable Charlize Theron, in one of the best female renditions in film history, leaving an audience and a critic speechless.
Alieen Lee is a prostitute marked by a series of vital events that have greatly affected her self-esteem. Her mother was raped by a friend of her father’s and at 15 she was abandoned, fueling the hope of meeting someone good who would take care of her.
The only thing she finds is nasty sarcasm, accentuated by some childhood burns. Aileen takes less and less care of her physical aspect, becomes an alcoholic and prostitutes herself, leaving many of her clients to denigrate and insult her.
One night, she meets Selby, played by Christina Ricci, a young lesbian who spends her time in her uncles’ house around where Alieen comes from. That night, they meet and a love story arises that begins with the confusion of their own feelings.
It is said that everyone deserves an opportunity, but in this world there are real monsters of the heart who manage to drive the most vulnerable souls mad as well as those who swear by revenge. This film is unpredictable, moving, and in its narration there is an invitation to understand how the circumstances of life irreparably mark our character.
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