Patricia Cardoso's 'Real Women Have Curves' (2002)

In this episode, I talk about Patricia Cardoso's feminist coming-of-age classic, "Real Women Have Curves" (2002). I discuss body image, factory work, the exploitation of immigrant labor, and the profoundly political and radical messages in the film. At the beginning of the episode, I also talk about recently re-watching Krzysztof Kieslowski's "The Double Life of Veronique" (1991).

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Full Show Notes

My La Jetée episode
My episode on L'avventura
My episode on Close-Up
My episode on The Double Life of Veronique
Double Lives, Second Chances by Annette Insdorf
More about Tori Amos
My Moonlight episode
My Autumn Sonata episode
My Cinema of Unruly Woman episode
More about Made in L.A. (2007) by Almudena Carracedo
My Dogfight Episode

All My Sources

15 years later, Real Women Have Curves is still a cultural revolution (Entertainment Weekly)
The Filmmakers Behind ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Share the Struggles of Getting Their Body-Positive Film Made
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong (Huffington Post)