Jessica Chastain on sexism in movies

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"It was quite disturbing to me" Jessica Chastain denounced the representation of women in the films, after being a judge for the 2017 Festival de Cannes.

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00:00The one thing I really took away from this experience is how the world views women.

00:06And it was quite disturbing to me, to be honest.

00:08And there are some exceptions, I will say.

00:12But for the most part, I was surprised with the representation of female characters on screen.

00:20I do hope that when we include more female storytellers, we will have more

00:33of the women that I recognize in my day-to-day life.

00:37Ones that are proactive, have their own agencies,

00:42don't just react to the men around them.

00:46They have their own point of view.

00:51I completely agree with Jessica.

00:56And we spoke a lot about that issue with Maren and with Jessica and with all the jury.

01:03While being always surrounded by men, or men doing this job,

01:07sometimes the impression comes up that it's maybe not a good job for a woman.

01:15And I think that's completely wrong.

01:16And I think we need much more women doing films,

01:20just because we all want the film business to reflect modern society and the way it is now.

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