28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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The Hand That Touches the Arm
The Hand That Touches the Arm
The Hand That Touches the Arm
The Hand That Touches the Arm

The Hand That Touches the Arm

director: Calac Nogueira
original title: The Hand That Touches the Arm
country: United States, Brazil
year: 2022
running time: 13 min.

synopsis

A compilation of scenes from classic Hollywood films, in which a man is touching a woman’s elbow, attributes a deeper meaning to the simple gesture. It does not matter if the man is helping the woman to get on a train or if he is assaulting her; the gesture gradually becomes more and more sinister, emphasizing sexist subtext, ubiquitous in classic Hollywood cinema.

“One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the ‚fantasy woman‘ is. What we learn in movies directed by women is what real women are about.“ (Jane Campion)

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biography

Brazilian director Calac Nogueira (b. 1987) is a PhD student at the University of Washington and his academic interests include depicting everyday life in avant-garde, post-war and contemporary cinema. He is also interested in media archeology.

more about film

director: Calac Nogueira
producer: Calac Nogueira
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Creative Europe Media
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
GEMO
Česká televize
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Respekt
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