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Venice Competition Filmmaker May El-Toukhy On Gender Imbalance: “I’ve Been The Only Woman In Many, Many Settings”

May el-Toukhy is in competition at the Venice Film Festival with post-World War Two psychological thriller Woman Unknown as one of just two female directors in the running for the Golden Lion this year. Set in Denmark in the summer of 1945, the picture revolves around nanny and housemaid Marie (Mathilde Arcel), who is on […]

Venice Competition Filmmaker May El-Toukhy On Gender Imbalance: “I’ve Been The Only Woman In Many, Many Settings”

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May el-Toukhy is in competition at the Venice Film Festival with post-World War Two psychological thriller Woman Unknown as one of just two female directors in the running for the Golden Lion this year.

Set in Denmark in the summer of 1945, the picture revolves around nanny and housemaid Marie (Mathilde Arcel), who is on […]

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May el-Toukhy is in competition at the Venice Film Festival with post-World War Two psychological thriller Woman Unknown as one of just two female directors in the running for the Golden Lion this year. Set in Denmark in the summer of 1945, the picture revolves around nanny and housemaid Marie (Mathilde Arcel), who is on […]

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