The famous 40-year-old American movie star Jessica Chestane, who could be seen in the paintings "Martian" and "Zero visibility 30", was present this year at the Cannes Film Festival as a jury. A little more than a week, she, like the rest of the judges, watched 20 paintings that participated in the show, and made a disappointing conclusion.
Jessica is disappointed in the female images in the movie
At the final press conference, which took place after the show of all the tapes, Chestane made a devastating speech, saying that the images shown in the submitted tapes disappointed her. That's what Jessica said:
"It's very unpleasant for me to talk about this, but what I saw on the screen, or rather those female images that the male directors presented, made me very upset. After all this, I conclude that this is how we are looked at by the stronger sex, not only in European countries, but throughout the world. It's horrible. In fact, a woman is a more complex and deeper character. In many cases shown in the films, I do not think that she would behave as she was shown on the screen. And I categorically disagree with many things. "
After that, Chestane said a few words about Sofia Coppola, the film director, who took with her a statuette for winning the nomination "Best Director": "
"You know that Copol is the 2nd female director who can boast of a reward in this field. And this is the 70-year history of the Cannes Film Festival! It seems to me that this is the essential error of the event. For the show you need to attract more women's works and then, we will be able to see real female images. "Fatal Temptation", which presented Sofia, struck me to the depths of my soul. And basically I was pleasantly surprised by how she saw women during the Civil War. I think that they are a truthful and authentic image of girls who are faced with the hardships of wartime. "
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Jessica denies many directors in cooperation
After Chestane's speech was over, the journalists asked her a question about sexism in the Hollywood film industry, because the actress often spoke about her in her interviews. That's what Jessica said:
"I have been acting in films for a long time and I always did not like that for very similar in complexity roles, men are paid many times more. You did not misunderstand, at times more! Over time, I began to realize that if I did not resist this, our work would be underestimated. Over the past three years, I basically refuse to appear in the films of those directors who pay men more than me. Not only is this unfair, it is also terribly offensive. And here now it is not a matter of a few thousand dollars difference, but that my fee is only 25% of my partner's earnings on the picture. "