Battle of the Sexes is a series featuring films directed by women about men and films directed by men about women. Through titles like American Psycho, La Captive, Marnie, and Birth, our speakers will interrogate how films reinforce or distort gender roles. The series is hosted by Gabrielle Marceau from In the Mood Magazine.
“Enigmatic and cutting, Chantal Akerman’s rarely screened masterpiece, La Captive, is a Hitchcockian portrait of a tortured male psyche.
A wealthy young man becomes obsessed with the idea that his girlfriend is hiding something from him. He begins to follow her daily activities, interrogates her on her inner thoughts, and grows increasingly convinced that she is having an affair with her female friend.
In a style that’s at once spare and lush, Akerman explores the frailty of the male ego, the folly of trying to possess someone, and the inability to truly know those we love.”
Introduced by Claire Foster.
