Directed by:
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"Be beautiful and keep quiet". That is the title of this documentary in which Delphine Seyrig, the leading actress in the masterpiece by Chantal Akerman, Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, and of titles such as L'année dernière à Marienbad, convenes (and not in a coven) a select group of actresses. It is well known that a great number of the female roles written in the history of cinema are stereotyped and flat. But, let's not forget, those were played by women of flesh and blood with a critical sense. Jane Fonda, Maria Schneider, Juliet Berto, Anne Wiazemsky, Ellen Burstyn and many others offer a forceful (and even today rarely discussed) point of view about the legendary films in which they acted. (Seville European Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Maria Schneider
France
Best movies:
Madly (1969)
Savage Nights (1992)
The Christmas Tree (1969)
Shirley MacLaine
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
The Apartment (1960)
Being There (1979)
Jane Fonda
USA
Best movies:
On Golden Pond (1981)
Coming Home (1978)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Louise Fletcher
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
The Player (1992)
Ellen Burstyn
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Interstellar (2014)
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
Cindy Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Conversation (1974)
American Graffiti (1973)
More American Graffiti (1979)
Barbara Steele
UK
Best movies:
8½ (1963)
Young Törless (1966)
For Love and Gold (1966)
Jenny Agutter
UK
Best movies:
The Avengers (2012)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Irina Palm (2006)
Susan Tyrrell
USA
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)
Forbidden Zone (1980)
Marie Dubois
France
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
Millie Perkins
USA
Best movies:
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Wall Street (1987)
Wild in the Country (1961)
Candy Clark
USA
Best movies:
Zodiac (2007)
American Graffiti (1973)
Niagara, Niagara (1997)
Anne Wiazemsky
West Germany
Best movies:
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Teorema (1968)
La Chinoise (1967)
Patti D'Arbanville
USA
Best movies:
Big Wednesday (1978)
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
Celebrity (1998)
Viva
USA
Best movies:
Paris, Texas (1984)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)