“One is not born, but rather becomes, woman”: Identity and Performativity in Céline Sciamma’s ‘Water Lilies’ (2007)

By: Vittoria Benedetti
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Water Lilies paints a simple but effective picture of womanhood that is still rarely found in contemporary cinema.

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The Art of Yearning in Lesbian Cinema

By: Michaela Barton
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“WLW are deeply intimate with the quiet and soft expression of yearning and no filmmaker encapsulates this better than Céline Sciamma.”

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The Césars 2020: A Shameful Evening for French Cinema

By: Ariel Kling
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The evening was one of thick, palpable tension, propagated by tone-deaf jokes, unresponsive calling-out, and a lack of solidarity with those who were affected the most by nominations.

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Marianne holds Héloïse in an emotional embrace.

REVIEW: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Teaches us Patience is a Virtue

By: Georgia Davis
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French director, Céline Sciamma, delves away from the younger protagonists centres from her previous works to bring us Portrait of a Lady of Fire, an intimate look at a whirlwind lesbian romance in 18th Century France.

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