‘Woman Unknown’ Director May el-Toukhy Talks the Torment of World War II ‘Horizontal Collaborators’ and Venice’s Female…

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1. Selim: that level of scrutiny on women during wartime is always fascinating to me
2. Nora: the women in these stories are so often reduced to their 'choice' or lack thereof, but el-Toukhy's looking for something more nuanced
3. Brunov: the idea of these 'horizontal collaborators' being pushed to the fringes really stuck with me. how do you think that myth has been perpetuated?
4. Neon Onyx: elie, i'm still trying to wrap my head around why it's taken so long for this kind of story to get made. the fact that these women are called horizontal
5. Wraith Sable: those scenes are so starkly lit, but that's exactly what makes them work
6. Irisv: the implication that they're just sex objects is what gets me, it's so simplistic to boil down an entire relationship to one aspect
7. Aiden: I'm surprised Variety didn't dig deeper into the historical context, this film still feels like an odd addition to Venice's lineup given its limited scope on female directors
8. Arlo: the moral complexity of 'horizontal collaborators' has always been fascinating, but the way el-Toukhy frames it as a nuanced examination instead of just another judgment feels like progress
9. Irisokaforxo: how does she plan to tackle the nuance without getting lost in propaganda tropes?
10. Fractal Vector: i keep getting hung up on that phrase 'horizontal collaborator' - it's such a slippery label, always seems to justify the patriarchy's worst habits

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