The American actress Kristen Stewart called for the normalization of images that represent non-normative sexuality this Sunday at the Berlinale, where she presented out of competition “Love lies bleeds”, just a few days after appearing on a provocative cover of Rolling Stone magazine. had appeared.
“The existence of a female body that exudes a type of sexuality that is not exclusively designed or desired by heterosexual men is something that people are not very comfortable with,” he noted, which is why he was declared “very happy.” . with the photo session in which she poses with men's underwear in which she puts her hand.
That these types of photos still scandalize, “it's something widespread, it's everywhere and it's something that is refuted,” criticized the actress, who is engaged to her professional partner Dylan Meyer, pointing out that it That's why more pictures give such information should be disseminated.
She also regretted that interviews with female artists were generally “prescriptive” and revolved around the idea of female “empowerment,” as it helped “make everyone more familiar with the fact” that we were so oppressed.
Speaking about the film in which she stars, directed by Briton Rose Glass (“Saint Maud,” 2019), the actress explained that her character is part of the people “we don’t usually listen to “We don’t look,” a “weak” woman who is “trapped and paralyzed.”
“He's someone who has internalized so much misogyny, but still he doesn't want to be one of the bad guys, he wants to be one of the good guys,” he explained of the character of Lou, who he's in charge of a gym that's located in the in love with a drug-addicted bodybuilder. Anabolic steroids (Katy O'Brian) while forced to deal with a criminal father, played by Ed Harris.
The film combines elements of “thriller”, “road movie”, mystery and violence à la Quentin Tarantino, but also large portions of romance, all against the backdrop of the deserts of Nuevo Mí. ©xico in the late eighties.
With “Love lies bleeds,” Stewart returned to the Berlinale for the second year in a row, after being president of the international jury that awards the Golden and Silver Bears in 2023.
At the press conference, the actress praised a “very cool” festival that is always ready to examine films “that may not have great commercial success” and that at the same time are “positioned and bubble.”
In this context, he emphasized, a film fits critically with the perception of “will is power” that prevails in the United States, which, in his opinion, is not always true and is linked to the addiction to “extreme affirmation”. The winner always has to be that way.
Stewart, who rose to fame with the teenage saga “Twilight” (2008-2012), later made a name for himself in independent and auteur cinema (“Journey to Sils Maria”, 2014), was released as a short film director in 2017 and recently starred in Lady Di in the biopic “Spencer” by Pablo Larraín.