Julia Ducournau told : “I’ve always wanted to bring genre cinema or outlandish films to mainstream festivals so this part of French movie production would stop being ostracised,”

timesofmalta Friday, May 13, 2022 12:32:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau told : “I’ve always wanted to bring genre cinema or outlandish films to mainstream festivals so this part of French movie production would stop being ostracised,”

themalaymailonline Friday, May 13, 2022 11:30:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : "When you make films like my films, you always have this fear that you're going to be misunderstood or mistranscribed... I was very happily surprised with how open-minded and ready to live the experience all the audiences that I met were,"

omanobserver-om Wednesday, December 22, 2021 4:53:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : "This year has proven that we cannot keep ignoring female voices in the arts,"

omanobserver-om Wednesday, December 22, 2021 4:53:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “When you make films like my films, you always have this fear that you’re going to be misunderstood or mistranscribed… I was very happily surprised with how open-minded and ready to live the experience all the audiences that I met were,”

wsau Monday, December 20, 2021 3:43:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “This year has proven that we cannot keep ignoring female voices in the arts,”

wsau Monday, December 20, 2021 3:43:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : "When I saw Agathe [Rousselle] for the first time at a casting session, she really stood out. She had the right physique and a fascinating face, but also a presence,"

abc-au Monday, November 29, 2021 10:26:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “I was very interested in tuned cars for this,”

theherald-au Thursday, November 25, 2021 3:42:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “I wanted to create a character outside this designated female victim idea,”

theherald-au Thursday, November 25, 2021 3:42:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “Do you realise that during that sequence you don’t see anything?” “You don’t see anything. For me that’s a whole achievement. All is about how I make you anticipate the worst, and because I plant this idea in your head, you can actually get to feel her pain”

guardian Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:17:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau insists : “I feel that my film talks about humanity very much,” “It’s the only thing it talks about”

guardian Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:17:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “There’s so much more grey zone about this character”

guardian Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:17:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “Of all the people I’d seen,”

guardian Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:17:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau told : “From the get-go, I absolutely did not want to justify my character’s violence, and I did not want to psychologize the fact that she’s a psychopath,”

nbcnews Wednesday, October 13, 2021 9:54:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “This very active, very devouring relationship with the car makes her reclaim the narrative over the patriarchy and makes her own desire prevail over a symbol of masculinity,”

nbcnews Wednesday, October 13, 2021 9:54:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “While trying to question and debunk and subvert the gender stereotypes, I tried to also portray a world where there are more options, and we actually do not need to evolve in two genders, which are incredibly limiting,” “Having a character that evolves beyond gender was absolutely normal”

nbcnews Wednesday, October 13, 2021 9:54:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

news-yahoo Monday, October 4, 2021 3:13:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

news-yahoo Sunday, October 3, 2021 5:40:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

news-yahoo Sunday, October 3, 2021 5:10:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

news-yahoo Sunday, October 3, 2021 1:02:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau said ( about Sharon Stone ) : “I said, I’m not sure yet, but it feels like history?” “She started laughing, only the way Sharon Stone can laugh, with no stress and no tension and super radiant, and she said, honey, it is history”

nytimes Saturday, October 2, 2021 7:26:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “At the moment it was hard to find the humor in it,” “But in retrospect, I find it very much”

nytimes Saturday, October 2, 2021 7:26:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

thedailybeast Saturday, October 2, 2021 6:39:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “For me, the last scene is another mutation. It’s a rebirth in a place where there is love, there is acceptance, and the question of gender is completely absorbed by this unconditional love,” “That’s the only thing that matters at this moment—for there to be life and for there to be a new world, a new kind of humanity”

thedailybeast Saturday, October 2, 2021 6:39:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau explains : “What I want to show is that gender is a social construct that limits us as individuals and also limits us in the interactions that we have with others, which means it limits the way society functions,” “It’s about being complete. When she is dancing on the truck, it’s a moment where she shows herself as being fully complete—she is both Alexia and Adrien, and at the same time, she is none of them. Gender is irrelevant in terms of the definition of an identity”

thedailybeast Saturday, October 2, 2021 6:39:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau told : “I’ve always wanted to bring genre cinema or outlandish films to mainstream festivals so this part of French movie production would stop being ostracised,”

timesofmalta Friday, May 13, 2022 12:32:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau told : “I’ve always wanted to bring genre cinema or outlandish films to mainstream festivals so this part of French movie production would stop being ostracised,”

themalaymailonline Friday, May 13, 2022 11:30:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : "When you make films like my films, you always have this fear that you're going to be misunderstood or mistranscribed... I was very happily surprised with how open-minded and ready to live the experience all the audiences that I met were,"

omanobserver-om Wednesday, December 22, 2021 4:53:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : "This year has proven that we cannot keep ignoring female voices in the arts,"

omanobserver-om Wednesday, December 22, 2021 4:53:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “When you make films like my films, you always have this fear that you’re going to be misunderstood or mistranscribed… I was very happily surprised with how open-minded and ready to live the experience all the audiences that I met were,”

wsau Monday, December 20, 2021 3:43:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “This year has proven that we cannot keep ignoring female voices in the arts,”

wsau Monday, December 20, 2021 3:43:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : "When I saw Agathe [Rousselle] for the first time at a casting session, she really stood out. She had the right physique and a fascinating face, but also a presence,"

abc-au Monday, November 29, 2021 10:26:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “I was very interested in tuned cars for this,”

theherald-au Thursday, November 25, 2021 3:42:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “I wanted to create a character outside this designated female victim idea,”

theherald-au Thursday, November 25, 2021 3:42:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “Do you realise that during that sequence you don’t see anything?” “You don’t see anything. For me that’s a whole achievement. All is about how I make you anticipate the worst, and because I plant this idea in your head, you can actually get to feel her pain”

guardian Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:17:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau insists : “I feel that my film talks about humanity very much,” “It’s the only thing it talks about”

guardian Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:17:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “There’s so much more grey zone about this character”

guardian Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:17:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “Of all the people I’d seen,”

guardian Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:17:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau told : “From the get-go, I absolutely did not want to justify my character’s violence, and I did not want to psychologize the fact that she’s a psychopath,”

nbcnews Wednesday, October 13, 2021 9:54:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “This very active, very devouring relationship with the car makes her reclaim the narrative over the patriarchy and makes her own desire prevail over a symbol of masculinity,”

nbcnews Wednesday, October 13, 2021 9:54:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “While trying to question and debunk and subvert the gender stereotypes, I tried to also portray a world where there are more options, and we actually do not need to evolve in two genders, which are incredibly limiting,” “Having a character that evolves beyond gender was absolutely normal”

nbcnews Wednesday, October 13, 2021 9:54:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

news-yahoo Monday, October 4, 2021 3:13:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

news-yahoo Sunday, October 3, 2021 5:40:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

news-yahoo Sunday, October 3, 2021 5:10:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

news-yahoo Sunday, October 3, 2021 1:02:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau said ( about Sharon Stone ) : “I said, I’m not sure yet, but it feels like history?” “She started laughing, only the way Sharon Stone can laugh, with no stress and no tension and super radiant, and she said, honey, it is history”

nytimes Saturday, October 2, 2021 7:26:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau said : “At the moment it was hard to find the humor in it,” “But in retrospect, I find it very much”

nytimes Saturday, October 2, 2021 7:26:00 PM EAT

Julia Ducournau tells : “I dig into imperfections because that is where humanity resides. This is where we are equal,”

thedailybeast Saturday, October 2, 2021 6:39:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau says : “For me, the last scene is another mutation. It’s a rebirth in a place where there is love, there is acceptance, and the question of gender is completely absorbed by this unconditional love,” “That’s the only thing that matters at this moment—for there to be life and for there to be a new world, a new kind of humanity”

thedailybeast Saturday, October 2, 2021 6:39:00 AM EAT

Julia Ducournau explains : “What I want to show is that gender is a social construct that limits us as individuals and also limits us in the interactions that we have with others, which means it limits the way society functions,” “It’s about being complete. When she is dancing on the truck, it’s a moment where she shows herself as being fully complete—she is both Alexia and Adrien, and at the same time, she is none of them. Gender is irrelevant in terms of the definition of an identity”

thedailybeast Saturday, October 2, 2021 6:39:00 AM EAT