Other films of this sort focus on rather less famous female actors for visual examination. The next cut is to a full shot of Vittoria and Anita, the former revealed as wearing full-body makeup that has darkened her skin, a wide metal armband around her left Wandering Women bicep, a light-colored blanket that extends from across her chest to just above the knee, and no shoes. Cleo de 5 a 7 is one film of the French New Wave to have received what might be called a full feminist explication. Certainly, the prominence of international coproductions and of the adoption of English as the lingua franca of global cinema in the s has increased awareness of recent strategies taken by national cinema industries in the European Union. In France the voice is often something people keep to themselves, as if someone might steal it.
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