2021.09.13 12:46World eye

ベネチア映画祭、中絶テーマの仏作品に金獅子賞 女性に脚光

【ベネチアAFP=時事】イタリアで開催されていた第78回ベネチア国際映画祭で11日、最高賞の金獅子賞に、人工妊娠中絶をテーマにした仏作品『Happening(原題)』が選ばれた。主流はジェンダー問題を取り上げた作品だった。(写真は伊ベネチア国際映画祭で金獅子賞を受賞したオードレイ・ディヴァン監督)
 米テキサス州で人工妊娠中絶を禁止する新法が導入され、メキシコでは最高裁判所が人工妊娠中絶の犯罪化を違憲とする判決を下すなど、中絶をめぐる議論が再燃する中での受賞となった。
 『Happening』は、1960年代のフランスで違法とされていた人工妊娠中絶を繊細ながらも衝撃的に描いた作品。オードレイ・ディヴァン監督は受賞に当たり「怒りと願いを込め、腹、内臓、心臓、頭すべてを注ぎ込んだ」と述べた。
 2021年は女性監督躍進の年となった。銀獅子賞(監督賞)は、西部劇『The Power of the Dog(原題)』のニュージーランドのジェーン・カンピオン監督に決まった。ベネディクト・カンバーバッチが主演を務める。
 脚本賞には、マギー・ギレンホールの監督デビュー作『The Lost Daughter(原題)』が選ばれた。キャリアと、母親であることを両立させる難しさを描いた作品で、アカデミー賞を受賞した英俳優オリヴィア・コールマンが主演を務めている。
 カンピオン監督はセクハラ告発運動「#MeToo(私も)」の映画界への影響に言及し、「空気が変化している」と述べた。
 「まるで女性にとってのベルリンの壁崩壊、アパルトヘイト(人種隔離政策)の終わりのようだ。女性の考え方、発言、行動に新しい感覚が生まれている」
 銀獅子賞(審査員大賞)は、イタリアのパオロ・ソレンティーノ監督の『Hand of God-神の手が触れた日-」が受賞した。イタリア南部ナポリでの少年時代を描いた極めて個人的な作品。主演のフィリッポ・スコッティは、最優秀新人俳優賞に選ばれた。
 映画祭は、アウト・オブ・コンペティション部門出品の『最後の決闘裁判』の上映で幕を閉じた。中世の決闘がテーマだが、女性が不当に扱われていた歴史を鮮明に描いている。マット・デイモンとベン・アフレックが出演。
 アフレックはAFPのインタビューで、「人は誰でも人道的、共感的、誠実になろうとすればフェミニストでなければならないと考えている」と語った。【翻訳編集AFPBBNews】
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2021.09.13 12:46World eye

French abortion film wins on big night for women at Venice festival


A timely film about illegal abortions in 1960s France won the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion on Saturday, capping a strong night for women including Penelope Cruz and Jane Campion.
Audrey Diwan's Happening arrives just as the abortion debate is raging again over new restrictions in Texas and its decriminalisation in Mexico.
I did this movie with anger, with desire, with my belly, my guts, my heart and my head, said Diwan, accepting the top prize for her delicately rendered, yet gut-punching drama.
It was great year for female filmmakers, with best director going to iconic New Zealand auteur Jane Campion for her emotionally complex Western The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
And best screenplay went to Maggie Gyllenhaal for her directorial debut The Lost Daughter, an unflinching look at the difficulties of balancing career and motherhood starring British Oscar-winner Olivia Colman.
There is a change in the air, Campion said, regarding the MeToo movement and its effect on film.
It's like the Berlin Wall coming down for women. It was like the end of Apartheid. There's a new feeling for what women are thinking, what they're saying, what they're doing.
- Roaring back -
With a plethora of stars and high-calibre selection of films, the glitzy festival on Venice's beachfront Lido roared back to life this year after the pandemic sucked the glamour out of the 2020 edition.
The second-place Silver Lion went to beloved Italian director Paolo Sorrentino for his strikingly personal The Hand of God about his youth in the gritty southern city of Naples, which also earned the newcomer award for young star Filippo Scotti.
But gender issues felt dominant.
The festival closed with The Last Duel, playing out of competition, a medieval jousting drama starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck that went heavy on its message of historical injustice towards women.
I think any reasonable humane, empathetic, conscionable person would have to be a feminist, Affleck told AFP in an interview.
Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho, meanwhile, turned the misogyny of Swinging Sixties London into a slasher horror flick.
One woman who seems destined to grab the headlines in the coming months is Kristen Stewart, who picked up Oscar buzz with her turn as Princess Diana in Spencer.
But it was Spanish megastar Penelope Cruz who took home the best actress award for her latest collaboration with veteran auteur Pedro Almodovar.
Parallel Mothers is a surprisingly political turn for the flamboyant filmmaker, exploring the trauma of the 1930s Spanish civil war alongside the tale of two mothers sharing a maternity ward.
Thank you Pedro. This is 100 percent yours. Thanks for once again trusting me, for inspiring me every day with your search for truth, outside and inside, Cruz said, accepting the award.
The best actor gong was less expected, going to Philippines star John Arcilla for crime thriller On the Job: The Missing 8.
- Celebs -
The Golden Lion was selected by a jury led by Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho.
Success at Venice has become a key launchpad for Academy Award campaigns in recent years.
The last four winners -- Nomadland, Joker, Roma and The Shape of Water -- have all gone on to Oscar success.
Pandemic precautions -- including mandatory masks, vaccine passes and 50-percent capacity in the cinemas -- continued to take some of the shine off this year's festival.
But the glamour was certainly back, with a dazzling Hollywood guest list capped by the appearance of Affleck with his old/new girlfriend Jennifer Lopez to the delight of gossip mags everywhere.

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