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Women & Hollywood: Cannes Watch

posted by Women & Hollywood
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 7:44pm CDT

Here are some of the women directors and films about women that are rolling out in Cannes.

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo- Isabel Coixet

Synopsis: Ryu is a solitary girl whose fragile appearance is in stark contrast with the double life she leads, working nights at a Tokyo fishmarket and sporadically taking on jobs as a hit-woman.

Mr Nagara is a powerful impresario mourning the loss of his daughter Midori, who has committed suicide. He blames David, a Spaniard who runs a wine business in Tokyo.

Mr Nagara’s employee, Ishida, was silently in love with Midori and hires Ryu to murder David.

A sound engineer, obsessed with the sounds of the Japanese city and fascinated with Ryu, witnesses this love story which searches the shadows of the human soul, reaching deep into places where only silence has the power of eloquence.

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

H/T FirstShowing.net

Agora-Alejandro Amenabar

Description (from Rope of Silcon): The film tells the story of the legendary astronomer Hypatia (Rachel Weisz), trapped in the legendary Library of Alexandria, and her fight to save the old world’s wisdom from the religious riots sweeping the streets of Alexandria.

I think this film is pretty interesting considering we’ve seen so many movies like Alexander and Troy about male heros. It’s about time we heard about a woman from ancient times. The film does not yet have US distribution.

‘Agora’ Clip, Pics and Cannes Reactions (The Rope of Silicon)