Welcome to Thursday Movie Picks, a weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves where each Thursday you have to pick three films to match the week's topic.
It's female ensemble week, and, as a woman, I couldn't not love this theme. And since I love it, it seems pretty fair to me to pick three great films, so without further ado, I leave you to them.
Caramel (2007)
The plot may not sound very interesting, it's just about six Lebanese women living in Beirut and how they handle their romantic life, but the film is definitely worth watching. Despite it being a romantic comedy, the film is a refined, and touching, and genuine portrait of women, not only Lebanese women, and Nadine Labaki, in the role of director, co-writer and actress, wonderfully balances the emotions and will make you feel things there are barely words for you to describe.
Mustang (2015)
Five sisters set up a scandal that has unexpected consequences: their home is progressively transformed into a prison and marriages start being arranged. This one's easily is one of the best films of 2015, and the credits go to the film's women: director Deniz Gamze Ergüven for telling this intense story in such a beautiful and fresh way, and the actresses, especially the young Güneş Şensoy, for giving very natural and believable performances.
Volver (2006)
After an attempted rape, Paula stabs to death her father, and her mother Raimunda tries to cover up the murder. As if that wasn't enough, Raimunda's aunt passes away, and her mother comes back from the dead. Another masterpiece from Pedro Almodovar revolving around women and their universe. The film is truly beautiful, there's no real suspense yet it is thrilling, and tragedy and melodrama are balanced so well the characters even avoid self-pity. And the cast is spectacular.
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