cinemadiso's - Films By Amazing Female Filmmakers List
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In 1950's Moscow, communist Katya (Rebecca Ferguson) secretly spies for the Americans in the Cold War arms race. When she lands her biggest assignment, stealing secrets from rising government star Alexander (Charles Dance), the last thing she expects is to fall in love with him. When Alexander unwittingly closes the net around his own wife, Katya decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to protect him - a sacrifice that Alexander only uncovers thirty years later. - Director:
- Shamim Sarif
- Cast:
- Rebecca Ferguson, Charles Dance, Antje Traue
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Things to Come (2015)L'avenir
Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris and divides her remaining time between her family, former students and her eccentric mother. But when her husband announces he is leaving her for another woman she finds a newfound freedom suddenly thrust upon her that is simultaneously liberating and disconcerting. Featuring a remarkable performance from Huppert, 'Things to Come' is an intelligent, poetic and naturalistic exploration of one woman's pursuit of contentment in the face of adversity. - Director:
- Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast:
- Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka
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Girls Lost (2016)Pojkarna
Snips and snails and puppy dog's tails... After drinking the curious nectar that drips from a mysterious plant, best friends Kim (Tuva Jagell), Bella (Wilma Holmén) and Momo (Alexander Gustavsson) magically transform into boys. Geeky girls by day and popular boys by night they find themselves living in two completely different worlds. The thrill of experiencing life as the opposite sex soon wears off for Bella and Momo, but being a boy becomes addictive for Kim as he experiments with his sexuality and the possibility of first love with bad boy Tony (Mandus Berg). Friendship between the three girls is tested as a boy s life is not all it s made out to be. - Director:
- Alexandra-Therese Keining
- Cast:
- Mandus Berg, Adam Dahlgren, Malin Eriksson
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Stuck at a crossroads in her personal life, it falls on Miss Stevens to chaperone three of her students - Billy, Margot and Sam - on a weekend trip to a drama competition. Exploring the fine line between being a grown-up and being a kid, "Miss Stevens" is about students becoming teachers and teachers coming to realise that the messiness of youth never really goes away. - Director:
- Julia Hart
- Cast:
- Lily Rabe, Timothée Chalamet, Lili Reinhart
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U.S. abortion clinics are fighting to survive. Since 2010, hundreds of laws regulating abortion clinics have been passed by conservative state legislatures, particularly in the south. These restrictions, known as TRAP laws (or Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers) are spreading across America. Faced with increased costs of compliance and the alarming fear of violence from protesters, the stakes for the women and men on the front-lines couldn't be any higher. As the battle heads to the U.S. Supreme Court, "Trapped " follows the struggles of the clinic workers and lawyers fighting to keep abortion safe and legal for millions of American women, many of them poor and uninsured. - Director:
- Dawn Porter
- Cast:
- June Ayers, Andrea Ferrigno, Gloria Gray
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