Julie Bertuccelli vindicates in “Jane Campion, la femme cinéma” the work of the New Zealand filmmaker

Jane Campion, la femme cinéma is the documentary directed by Julie Bertuccelli that brings us closer to the recent winner of the Oscar for best director for her adaptation of the novel The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion. It premiered on 23 October as part of the Por amor al cine section of the 67th edition of the Seminci.

The documentary film was presented by Julie Bertuccelli to the Seminci audience: “It’s a film that has taken me quite a long time, a year and a half among hundreds of files”, stressed the French director before the screening, to which she added that “I wanted to talk about the work of a director using the figure of Jane Campion to do so”.

“The main objective was not to have the typical voice-over making comments, but for her [Jane Campion] to show it. In a job like this, the aim is for it to be fluid and seamless”.

The film tells the story of the first woman to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes for The Piano, director Jane Campion. In 40 years, she has carved out a unique place for herself in the very masculine pantheon of cinema. An iconoclastic and visual director, she is capable of subtly portraying the human soul and women.

She is also an enigmatic filmmaker: as discreet as she is unpredictable, as tender as she is impertinent, and at times, misunderstood. “It’s surprising that no one has made a film about her before,” says Bertuccelli.

“More and more women are becoming part of this art form. It’s ironic, to say the least, that now that art is going through a time of crisis with the covid, women are being given this space,” said Julie Bertuccelli.