The Killing of Sister George by Robert Aldrich is one of the films at Cinemateket, being a part of the 'queer'-theme this autumn.
Aurore and I found it somewhat hard to detect a thematic core in many of the films we've seen but in this case you could say that it was more obvious.
An elderly woman lives with a young woman in a lesbian relationship, though not being open about it in relation to the heterosociety, neighbours and so forth.
The elderly woman is a very popular actor in a TV series about a nurse - 'Sister George' - who is a woman with a kind and compassinate disposition.
This is quite opposite to how she is in reality where she wants to rule the younger woman and her life and watch over her in every way, afraid of loosing her.
Alcoholic problems is also something that causes 'sister George' problems.
She is fired from the series due to decreasing popularity and her alcoholic problems.
The latter causes her to do things less appropriate according to those responsible for the production of the TV series.
She harasses two nuns in a taxi for example and this does not correspond to the way her rôle character is depicted.
In the end she looses both her love Alice and the job.
A rather mediocre film with a prudent approach to the issue, I think.
In the evening we were invited by Milkymee - who is still working at the French Institute in Stockholm - to something called 'Fabula Storytelling Festival'.The event takes place in Stockholm between the 20-22 of Oktober.
At the Institute we listened to Abbi Patrix who told storys that also engaged the listeners.
We participated to some extent by filling in words and sentences in long storys told with lots of 'esprit' and wit.
The storys combine old elements from classical 'sagas' combined with modern and ethnically rich ingredients.
Abbi Patrix conteur
envoyé par langues_en_fete. - L'actualité du moment en vidéo.
(Photo Milkymee taken from: http://www.volubilis.net/festivals/les_femmes_s_en_melent_2006/milkymee/jpg/milkymee_02.jpg)
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