The America of Womankind
Directed by Blandine Lenoir, 2014
SYNOPSIS
Three sisters in their late thirties to mid-forties (Agathe, Lucie, and Marie) arrive at their mother Solange's countryside home for a long weekend. Agathe's daughter, Zouzou, has been staying there for a week, and according to Solange, everything has gone well. But when the four women discover that the teenage girl is upstairs having sex — presumably for the first time — they panic.
Cast
Technical Data
Jeanne FERRON
Florence MULLER
Laure CALAMY
Sarah GRAPPIN
Olivier BROCHE
Anouk DELBART
Antoine BECHON
Fiction - France - 2014
18' - DCP – Colour – 5.1
Versions
French
French with English subtitles
Crew
Written & Directed by
Blandine LENOIR
DOP
Kika UNGARO
Editing
Mona LANFANT
Sound
Laurent BENAÏM
Xavier THIBAULT
Score
Bertrand BELIN
Production
Nicolas BREVIERE – Local Films
Distribution
Local Films Distribution
International Sales
Local Films
Partnerships
Canal +
Région Poitou-Charentes
Département de la Charente
CNC - Aide au programme
Cinéma 35 en fête / FRANCE - Audience Award
Film Femmes Méditerranée / Audience Award – Middle School Students' Award
Screening at Escurial Cinema (Paris) / Audience Award
Citycourt Festival / Audience Award
Un poing c’est court / Audience Award
Court maintenant / Audience Award – Jury Award
Elles font leur cinéma / Audience Award
IFC / NEW YORK
Clap 89 / FRANCE
Commune Image Screening – Chill Together
Parties de Campagne
Grenoble Open-Air Festival
Métafest Festival / BELARUS
Angoulême Francophone Film Festival
Montpellier Short Film Festival
Feminist and Queer International Film Festival / ROMANIA
Festival du grain à démoudre
Un festival c’est trop court (Nice)
Festival Tous courts d’Aix en Provence
Du Grain à Demoudre
Porny Days
Soirée Best Of / Cinéma Escurial
Screening Le Jour le Plus Court / Cinéma Apollo
24 Courts
Institut français d’Alger
Equality festival – reprise festival Meta
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Festivals
Press materials
TRAILER
Blandine Lenoir is both an actress and director.
She has notably worked with Gaspar Noé (Carne and I Stand Alone), as well as with Solveig Anspach, Fabienne Godet, Erick Zonca, and Michael Haneke. She has directed ten short films, which have won awards at numerous festivals in France and abroad, and all of which have been broadcast on television (FRANCE 3, CANAL+, TPS, or Ciné Cinéma), including: Avec Marinette (1999, awarded at Clermont-Ferrand, Brest, and Pantin), Dans tes rêves (2003, awarded at Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, Aigues-Mortes), Rosa (2005, awarded at Aix-en-Provence, Clermont-Ferrand, and nominated for the Lutins for Best Short Film), Ma Culotte (2006, part of the CANAL+ initiative “Writing for... Christine Boisson”), Pour de Vrai (2007), Monsieur l’Abbé (2010, nominated for the César Award for Best Short Film), and L’Amérique de la femme (2014).
In 2014, Blandine moved into feature films with Zouzou. This was followed by Aurore, starring Agnès Jaoui, in 2016. Her third feature, Angry Annie (Annie Colère), starring Laure Calamy, was released in 2022. Her most recent feature film, Juliette in Spring (Juliette au printemps), was released in June 2024