Patricia Cardoso's 'Real Women Have Curves' (2002)
Her Head in FilmsMay 21, 202402:05:15

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 (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/946abd71)


• My episode on L'avventura (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/80035330)


• My episode on Close-Up (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/594052e7)


• My episode on The Double Life of Veronique (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/d92b5296)


• Double Lives, Second Chances by Annette Insdorf (https://www.amazon.com/Double-Lives-Second-Chances-Kieslowski/dp/0810129485)


• More about Tori Amos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos)


• My Moonlight episode (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/835f578f)


• My Autumn Sonata episode (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/2862c44b)


• My Cinema of Unruly Woman episode (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/6b3140ed)


• More about Made in L.A. (2007) by Almudena Carracedo (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091814/)


• My Dogfight Episode (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/67d81347)




All My Sources




• 15 years later, Real Women Have Curves is still a cultural revolution (Entertainment Weekly) (https://ew.com/movies/2017/10/18/15-years-later-real-women-have-curves-is-still-a-cultural-revolution/)


• The Filmmakers Behind ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Share the Struggles of Getting Their Body-Positive Film Made (http://remezcla.com/features/film/real-women-have-curves-15th-anniversary-america-ferrera-patricia-cardoso-ampas-pst/)


• Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong (Huffington Post) (https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/)