2023-08-14 09:24:00
The Locarno Festival is following the movement, notably initiated by the Berlinale, to “degender” the interpretation prizes. He gave it to two actresses on Saturday: the Greek Dimitra Vlagopoulou in “Animal” and the Dutch Renée Soutendijk for “Sweet Dreams”.
In “Animal” by Greek director Sofia Exarchou, Dimitra Vlagopoulou plays Kalia, a holiday entertainer in a seaside resort. She offers herself up to the concupiscence of drunken tourists, hiding sadness and physical suffering under make-up.
Director Sofia Exarchou and actress Dimitra Vlagopoulou present the film “Animal” on August 3, 2023 during the Locarno Film Festival. [Jean-Christophe Bott – Keystone]
The director does not stop at a social commentary or a condemnation of tourism and its capitalist variants. Instead, it tells the story of a woman, Kalia, in denial, “weak and stuck” in a trap she built herself, supposedly to fulfill her dream of performing, while they deprived her of just that: her dreams.
Favorite actress of Paul Verhoeven
Renée Soutendijk, 66, was Paul Verhoeven’s favorite actress in the 80s. wife of Jan, Dutch owner of a sugar plantation.
Renee Soutendjik awarded with an interpretation prize at the 76th Locarno Festival. The Dutch actress holds the main role of “Sweet Dreams” by Ena Sendijarevi. [Jean-Christophe Bott – Keystone]
When Jan dies suddenly, the matriarch wants to keep her status at all costs and brings her son from Europe. But when Jan’s will places his Indonesian concubine, Siti, at the head of the family property – and who has an illegitimate child with Jan – the tone rises and violence arises.
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