Noémie Merlant’s Nora and Makita Samba’s Camille breach all sorts of Covid protocols in Paris, 13th District.
JacquesAudiard may be best known for masculine movies like prison drama A Prophet and the remake of Fingers, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, but don’t suggest the Frenchman is all about testosterone. “Read My Lips was about a woman and Rust And Bone also has a strong female character,” he says. Still, it’s a common criticism of his work. “Would they say this to Scorsese or Eastwood? I don’t know. I never heard it said very much about Scorsese!”