What does a feminist snap look like? Answered with Women Talking by Sarah Polley

To be complete, the feminist revolution must not only take place on screens, but also in front of and behind the camera. This ambition came true on the set of Canadian director Sarah Polleyto whom we owe the film Women who speakwhich is scheduled for release on this screens Wednesday 8 March.

A less misogynistic industry

Actress with a prolific career and director of four feature films, Sarah Polley hadn’t directed a film in 10 years. With Women who speakthe 44-year-old playmaker scores his return behind the camerato do this job adapted from the novel what do they say by Canadian writer Miriam Toews. Like the book, the film follows a group of women living in an isolated religious community, struggling to decide their own fate after being victims of sexual and gender-based violence.

In the columns of Worldthe director confided that in ten years, the sector has undergone profound changes :

“As a female director, I no longer feel compelled to constantly prove my competence or legitimacy. There is much less misogyny and, when there are, people notice you and support you. Behaviors that only yesterday elicited a shrug have become unacceptable. »

A feminist shot

To arrange what she calls a roll “feminist”Sarah Polley has left nothing to chance, people employed on the set TO working time management Passing through collective screenplay.

The director thus revealed to the World only one psychologist he was always available to the actors and technicians present on the set of a film he was dealing with difficult and traumatic subjectsto start with sexist and sexual violence. THE Work time they have also come under particular scrutiny, as explained by Sarah Polley:

“We are committed to this that everyone, every night, can be home by dinnertimewhich is revolutionary in North America, where the length of the working day generally fluctuates between three and three o’clock. »

Collective screenplay

Furthermore, the script was not set in stone but open to testimonials and suggestions from team members, as evidenced by this anecdote from the director. About a key scene in the film where a mother apologizes to her daughter for not being able to protect her from male violencethe director says:

“One of the team members grew up in a very traditional group and suffered lots of abuse without ever getting an apology from his parents, she says. We worked on this step with himwe asked him what he wanted to hear. These moments were the most precious of the shoot. »

Women who speak East nominated in two Oscar categories : the one of Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. See you in cinemas from on March 8 to discover the film on the big screen and March 12 to follow the ceremony that will take place in Los Angeles.