May el-Toukhy's ‘Woman Unknown’ premieres in Venice
The director stopped the screening after subtitles fell out of sync, and the film restarted 15 minutes back so audiences could follow it.
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Film directed by May El-Toukhy, is competing for the Golden Lion (ANSA)
May el-Toukhy's ‘Woman Unknown’ premieres in Venice
The period film is the sole female-directed entry in this year’s Venice competition, down from six of 21 films last year. Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera called the figure a “historic low in recent years”
It is difficult to find such a radically feminine and feminist point of view in a film. Let's imagine ourselves among the titles of the Venice 83 Competition, dominated by male directors (winds against one). Yet the 49-year-old Danish director of Egyptian origin May el-Toukhy, with Woman Unknown, staged an open-air nightmare, post-war, plumbeo and well [...] L'articolo Woman Unknown, May el-Toukhy signs in Venice a radically feminist post-war th…
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Quotidiano NazionaleVenice, 7 Sep. (askanews) - The cast of the movie "Woman Unknown" by May El-Toukhy parades on the red carpet of the 83rd Venice Film Festival on the occasion of the premiere of the movie. With a white dress embellished with red naps reminiscent of a blood stain, the Danish-Egyptian director is one of the two directors in play for the prestigious Golden Lion in the main section of the Venice Festival.
May El-Toukhy Stops Venice Competition Screening Of ‘Woman Unknown’ Over Subtitle Snafu; Film Goes On To Garner 7-1/2 Minute Ovation
May el-Toukhy, one of only two women in competition at the Venice Film Festival this year, took the unusual step of stopping the screening of her Golden Lion contender at its world premiere on Sunday evening after the subtitles got out of sync. The director was seen walking out of the screening to the sound […]
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AskanewsVenice, 7 Sep. (askanews) - The cast of the film "Woman Unknown" by May El-Toukhy parades on the red carpet of the 83rd Venice Film Festival on the occasion of
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