Give Me a Reason to be a Woman
Gi meg en grunn til å være kvinne
Does cinema imitate reality - or is it the other way around? This film focuses on the depiction of women in Norwegian cinema. Clips from films from 1925 to 99 reveal stereotypes, ideals and reverse ideals: the self-confident seductress, the wicked mother-in-law, the young girl in love, and of course the wife - with her dishwasher brush and her headache but also the two-timing wife as she sets out, made-up to kill, for yet another tryst...