On Friday, ‘The worst person in the world’ opens, the story of Julie (Renate Reinsve) told in 12 chapters, a prologue and an epilogue. The center of each and every one of those episodes is her, the protagonist of it. And everything revolves around her: the film, the characters that surround it and the world (wisely incorporated into the title). The premiere of the movie Joachim Trier coincides with that of other films, also very powerful, which are distinguished by the same thing as this one: the writing of its female leads is extraordinary. It is true that it could be a coincidence. And it is also true that, to this day, Batman has control of the billboard. But, due to how different all these films are (in terms of nationality, themes, dimensions, intentions, directors), I prefer to reject the idea of coincidence and think that the female characters go through a great time. It is sad that this has to be observation and news, that it is not always so. But, unfortunately, not all the seasons are loaded with important protagonists, well told, crossed by complex themes, even delicate, far from the most common stereotypes and, ultimately, alive.
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This season is indeed full of women like that, and it is worth focusing on them to show how important it is for cinema to be ambitious, risky and even kamikaze in its treatment of female characters (and characters in general). Not long ago, ‘The Dark Daughter’ was released, in which Olivia Coleman composes one of the most complex and less kind protagonists that recent cinema has given. This Friday arrives ‘The worst person in the world’, whose center is a young woman whose essence is contradiction. And in April two other films are released, supported by two extraordinary female characters. One is ‘The Event’, by Audrey Diwan, that tells of an injustice through the frustration and the body of its protagonist, a girl who undergoes a clandestine abortion. The other is ‘For Chiara’, by Jonas Carpignano, a film – literally – about the look of a teenager who discovers who her father really is. It is wonderful that recent cinema is written by characters like these.