And the Palme d’Or was awarded to… a woman. Much has been written about the record number of female directors in competition, the now sacrosanct parity of the jury, the fact that the best roles have been given to actresses. What if the most profound change lay elsewhere? For the first time, a significant number of films have featured women not only in an emancipatory impulse, but also destructive, violent, cynical, inhuman, ruthless, selfish, macho… dark sides that until then were often reserved for men.
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Cannes 2023: dark, dangerous and violent women revealed
