Céline Sciamma quotes

Céline Sciamma is a French film director and screenwriter known for her powerful, emotionally resonant stories centering on gender and identity. Her films, such as "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" and "Girlhood," have received international acclaim for their artistry and social impact. She continues to be a leading voice in contemporary French cinema and feminist storytelling. Here are 4 of her quotes:

It's a very bourgeois industry. There's resistance to radicalism, and also less youth in charge. ‘A film can be feminist?' They don't know this concept. They don't read the book. They don't even know about the fact that ‘male gaze' exists. You can tell it's a country where there's a lot of sexism, and a strong culture of patriarchy.

Céline Sciamma

The last scene came really, really early, disconnected from even the idea of a woman painter...I wanted to write a love story and I thought, ‘What do I want to tell?' And that scene came up really, really quickly, alone, by itself. The weird compass of the film was its last scene. That's a compass, but it's a high pressure one.

Céline Sciamma

But what I think I like about coming-of-age stories is that there's everything in them. It's a genre that kind of contains everything: you have the chronicle, you can go into naturalism, but it's also about transforming physically, so it's kind of a fantastical genre.

Céline Sciamma