Women over 50 in cinema

The 7th art, alala how we like to relax in front of a good film or a good series ! We imagine ourselves living an exceptional life in a completely new environment and above all, we identify with the characters !

However, depending on our age, we realize that the representations of roles or actresses in our image can quickly be limited.

Indeed, what about women over 50 in cinema?
By paying attention, you can unfortunately realize that these women are often underrepresented , and when they are, their roles can respond to certain clichés , not very rewarding , and do not generally constitute the main roles.
In 2015 only 8% of roles were given to women over 50 .

The women represented in heterosexual couples are predominantly younger than the character they play, but also than their male partners.

And yes, when we think about it, the woman over 50 is often the mother of..., the friend of..., the mother of..., she has no sexuality or on the contrary we show a frustrated woman , flap -joy and bad . In short, we observe more roles of grandmothers and not of independent , fulfilled , peaceful and accomplished women .

We can also cite the famous film The Devil Wears Prada , with the actress Meryl Streep who then plays the editorial head of a famous magazine specializing in fashion. She is a contemptuous woman , without any empathy who terrorizes all editorial departments.

Another film that we can think of is the film Greta with Isabelle Hupert , the film depicts the portrait of a alone tortured woman , with dark ideas who will sequester a younger woman.

In La belle Époque , Fanny Ardant has a rather important role, but she is a killjoy woman , eternally dissatisfied , lacking empathy and frustrated to top it all off!

In a word, almost all of the roles cited depict embittered women !

However, there are exceptions ...

In Just Like That , we follow the lives of independent , fulfilled fifty-year-olds with busy social lives and it feels good !

We can also take as an example the trendy series Emily in Paris , with Philippine Leroy Beaulieu who plays the role of Sylvie, a marketing company director, who is a modern , inspiring and independent woman . Emily, a new arrival in Paris, feels a certain professional admiration for this woman, who will then become her mentor.

In these films we find heroines in the image of today's women , but who are still too little present in all of French and international cinema!

We therefore have some films and series to recommend to immerse yourself in an imaginary life with actresses, in your image :

• The film: Just Like That by Michael Patrick King
• The series: Sex and the City by Darren Star
• The series: Hamishim-Fifty by Yael Hedaya
• The series: On The Verge by Julie Delpy
• The film: Aurore by Blandine Lenoir
• The series: Grace and Frankie by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris
• The film: Rose by Aurélie Saada
• The documentary: Les Dames by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond

We hope you like these films and we are waiting for your recommendations !

All these works come together around the same cause, the fight against ageism , a cause that Exertier advocates with its policy of French-aging , in other words, aging well the French way .

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Despite the lack of representations, we assure you, you remain our heroines !