Jane Campion: Her acid and funny speech on the number of Oscar-winning female directors

Jane Campion, film woman Available on arte.tv until May 16.

After Paul Verhoeven, Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Ryan Gosling and Agnes Varda, ARTE continues and signs a new documentary that should delight movie lovers. And for good reason, director Julie Bertucelli brilliantly took on the challenge of designing a portrait of her co-star Jane Campion.

A stirring portrait of JANE CAMPION

A great filmmaker, the first and for a long time the only woman to win the Palme d’Or (it was in 1993 for The Piano Lesson, before the coronation of Julia Ducournau, no less than 28 years later, with Titan), New Zealand reveals herself through an archive of interviews and excerpts from her films. with the help of. From there, Julie Bertucelli’s eye makes us measure the full power of Jane Campion and her cinema, but also her inimitable naturalness and her unparalleled ability to establish herself in a landscape over-invested by men.

On the edge of important moments in her life, from the 50th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, during which she realizes that she was the only woman honored, to more intimate moments – especially the drama after the loss of her son. Palme d’ Gold – We find a nice excerpt from Jane Campion’s Oscars. On stage, she returns with aplomb, but not without humor, to women’s history at the ceremony, which at the time only honored Kathryn Bigelow as director (for Minesweepers in 2010).

“It’s a very short story, even a haiku: five nominations, one winner !” she says, before counting the male count on her fingers for a long time. and to conclude:350 nominations, 70 Oscars!“An inventory that speaks volumes for the profession, but also and above all for Jane Campion’s freedom of tone and her inimitable talent.