Femmes femmes

Screening Schedule

Nov 11 (Fri.) 14:00 at Hiroshima City Cinetamatographic and Audio-Visual Library

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Details

The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult world of Paris.

Cast:Hélène Surgère（Hélène）, Sonia Saviange（Sonia）,Michel Delahaye（the doctor）

Director: Paul Vecchiali
Year of production: 1974
Running time: 120min
Country: France

Director

Paul Vecchiali
The cinematic style of Paul Vecchiali draws heavily from the French cinema of the 1930s, especially the works of director Jean Grémillon. Over the course of his career Vecchiali has become known for his ability to deal with controversial themes in an intelligent, and engaging manner. His most famous film Femmes femmes（1974）, was so highly praised, and thought of by Pier Paolo Pasolini that he used it as a source of inspiration for his film Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom, as well as taking on two of its actresses Hélène Surgère and Sonia Saviange. In 1976 Vecchiali founded the production company Diagonale, which he would use to create a number of excellent films, in his unique style. In 1988 Vecchiali would release Once More, making him the first French director to examine the link between homosexuality and AIDS. Other important films of his include; L'Étrangleur（1970）, La Machine（1977）, Corps à coeur （1979）, En haut des marches（1983）, White Nights on the Pier （2014）. His most recent full length film is Le Cancre （2016）, which has been officially selected for the 69th Cannes Film Festival, as well as the HIFF.