Patricia Cardoso's 'Real Women Have Curves' (2002)

In this episode, I talk about Patricia Cardoso's feminist coming-of-age classic, "Real Women Have Curves" (2002). I discuss body image, factory work, the exploitation of immigrant labor, and the profoundly political and radical messages in the film. At the beginning of the episode, I also talk about recently re-watching Krzysztof Kieslowski's "The Double Life of Veronique" (1991).

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Full Show Notes

• My La Jetée episode
• My episode on L'avventura
• My episode on Close-Up
• My episode on The Double Life of Veronique
• Double Lives, Second Chances by Annette Insdorf
• More about Tori Amos
• My Moonlight episode
• My Autumn Sonata episode
• My Cinema of Unruly Woman episode
• More about Made in L.A. (2007) by Almudena Carracedo
• My Dogfight Episode

All My Sources

• 15 years later, Real Women Have Curves is still a cultural revolution (Entertainment Weekly)
• The Filmmakers Behind ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Share the Struggles of Getting Their Body-Positive Film Made
• Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong (Huffington Post)