What does this woman represent for you, what elements did you find fascinating?
She is an amazing character in a film that remains mysterious. I don't know all the answers when I read a script. The only thing that matters is whether it engages me, whether I believe in it, more than knowing the reasons for everything. The human soul is complex, which then is the heart of the film. The tale of a policewoman writing books, whole, focused, with a family, still in love. A woman with a clear sense of morality, until she lives a personal drama and her life goes in a very different direction. She lets herself be drawn like a bow, she whose hobby is archery. When I read this story I hadn't acted for a long time, I didn't have the desire anymore. It was written as the trajectory of an arrow, straight towards the target. There was something very pure, inner and dense, with a beautiful overlap between form and content.
It’s a contemporary story that depicts underlying violence that can erupt at any moment.
Women are waking up from the millennial patriarchal torpor. She is a woman who has full control of her life, does not compromise and is very direct. Today it is easier for a woman to express her resentment, what she really is. It is not a question of revenge, but of the affirmation of personality according to one's own convictions. A story that reveals the beauty and purity of the character, as well as their suffering, summing up the history of women in general. To state without violence, but with great clarity, how it is no longer possible to go on like this. She fully assumes her responsibilities. She has a code of honor that she is ready to apply even to herself, she is a samurai. I find that giving women back weapons to express their deepest selves is highly relevant today. That's why this character touched me a lot.
In a society that speaks and explains everything, the film raises more questions than anything else.
You don't always have to explain everything. Today we want to know and understand everything even before it happens. As with trailers, I can't stand them. If I see them then I no longer need to go to the cinema, I know the whole film. I love being surprised, trusting a show, an exhibition. I like to discover, to make my personal journey, not to be led by the hand. The film is not explained to you, it lives in the present moment. We do not know what the future holds, we think we know a lot, but they are projections of what we already know. Something totally unexpected happens in the film, which imposes its presence in the path of this story. You can't put it in the trailer, you can't say everything. It is a film of atmosphere, of perceptions, even shocking, there are very violent scenes, but without many words. Too many are always used.