Maï Zetterling’s cinema reached new heights of exuberant experimentation and fierce political engagement with this pointed and playful touchstone of 1960s feminist cinema. As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of Lysistrata, performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women (national cinema icons Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, and Gunnel Lindblom) find their own lives and marriages mirrored in the complex, combative gender relations at the heart of Aristophanes’s play. Onstage drama, offstage reality, and a torrent of surrealist fantasies and daydreams collide in THE GIRLS, a slashing, sardonic reflection on the myriad challenges confronting women on their path to liberation, and on the struggles of the female artist fighting to make her voice heard over the patriarchal din. – Janus Films
1968 • dir Maï Zetterling w/Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson • 100 min • DCP
Double Feature with LOVING COUPLES
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Repertory Series
WOMEN IN THE WAVES
Thursdays, July 31 – Aug 28
Our Summerlong ‘Women in the Waves’ program showcases the work of six trailblazing women directors who brought bold, personal stories to the screen, mixing formal experimentation with sharp insight into women’s lives. Their films pushed against the limits of cinematic norms, politics, and gender to create enduring works that continue to challenge and inspire. Learn more at brattlefilm.org/film-series/women-in-the-waves/
CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 • Thu, Jul 31 at 4:00, 8:15 • DCP
Elements of Cinema: Free Screening & Discussion
LE BONHEUR • Thu, Jul 31 at 6:00 • DCP
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS • Thu, Aug 7 at 6:00 • DCP
THE GIRL • Thu, Aug 7 at 8:00 • DCP
SOMETHING DIFFERENT • Thu, Aug 14 at 4:00, 7:45 • DCP
DAISIES • Thu, Aug 14 at 6:00, 9:45 • 35mm
LOVING COUPLES • Thu, Aug 21 at 6:00 • DCP
THE GIRLS • Thu, Aug 21 at 3:45, 8:30 • DCP
JEANNE DIELMAN • Thu, Aug 28 at 2:30, 6:30 • DCP
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